I am earnestly in favor of this bill. I am a member of the Committee on Education and Labor which has reported it. and I would do nothing which would retard its passage quickly and promptly. There is. however. a condition in connection with the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization which is still left ambiguous in the bill. The bill which passed creating a Department of Commerce and Labor provided for a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization. The same act provided for a separate bureau. and there was a controversy as to whether the Commissioner of Immigration should appoint the Chief of the Bureau of Naturalization. The same act makes them two separate bureaus. and there was a controversy as to whether the Commissioner of Immigration should appoint the Chief of the Bureau of Naturalization. It was referred to the counsel for the department. and he decided. on account of the ambiguity. and to give effect to all parts of the act. that they were separate. and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor appointed the Commissioner of Naturalization. This bill still leaves that ambiguity. I have offered an amendment. which I hope will not retard the passage of the bill. to get rid of this ambiguity.
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