In reply to the Senator from New York. I should like to say that one of the greatest problems that was presented to the Immigration Commission for solution was the question of how best to exclude the criminal classes from this country. The members of the commission studied that question very thoroughly. and after the completion of their work they called the attention of the President of the United Statesboth the President now in office and the one who preceded himto the possibility. under the law authorizing the appointment of the commission. of securing agreements with different European governments under which regulations might be made for the exclusion of the criminal classes. That scheme has not worked out.
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