Mr. Chairman. among the items contained in the general deficiency bill are a number which are made necessary by reason of the policy which is being pursued by the administration in Mexico. The first of these is an item of $170.000 supplemental to the approprintion of $500.000 heretofore made for caring for a little more than 5.000 military refugees at Fort Wingate. N. Mex.. and other points near the Mexican border. Three thousand three hundred and fortyeight of these people are Mexican federal soldiers and officers. 1.005 are women. and 512 are children. Other items carried in the bill made necessary by the administrations policy with regard to the Mexican situation are $25.000 to reimburse the socalled emergency fund under the State Department.
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