There were 47 deaths in that hospital out of 294 cases. Treated under proper conditions. treated under the conditions that would exist in your home and mine. and in the homes of the people of this country. the deaths would have amounted to practically nothing. and yet 47 out of 294 people died there in the year 1913 from the disease of measles alone. And with a condition of affairs like that existing. should we stand here and haggle about the expenditure of a few thousand. or a few hundred thousand. dollars to make this receiving station in accordance with the dignity of this Government. and to give these people. these highclass immigrants who come through this station to help us build and develop the country. a favorable impression of the country? Of course the gentleman from Massachusetts has the right to object. and I am not complaining about that. but I want to say to him that if he has conditions that need remedying. or these other gentlemen who have immigration stations in their districts have such conditions. let us bring them up to the point where they will be remedied. That is what the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds is trying to do in this district and in other places of the country. As the gentleman from Illinois said the other day. in connection with this subject. the people in this district are working in buildings that are inhuman. unfair. and unjust. and it Is the purpose of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. as fast as we can. to build great department buildings in order to take these people out of their cramped and unhealthy quarters. where they are subject to loss of life by fire. to health conditions that are unfair and unjust to any American citizen. and it is the purpose of our committee to remedy these conditions as far as possible.
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