Therefore there is no attempt to assume authority. and let us get that out of our heads. The bill was carefully drawn. As to the question whether anything Is to be gained by the more .thorough inspection made possible by keeping aboard a vessel as It crosses the ocean those who are there to observe. the Senator -from Vermont has already asserted that that has been done. although without authorityof law. by putting agents among the steerage passengers. Those agents discovered unspeakable conditionsthat the women were subjected to improper treatment by the members of the crew. and. without going into detail. other horrible conditions. This bill proposed :to provide a means whereby that kind of inspection could be carried on. It is stricken out and. in substance and effect. nothing substituted for the present law. The House report has this to say: Another change of the old law provided for by this bill Is that which -ermits -the Secretary of Labor. when he deems it necessary. to detail mmigrant inspectors and matrons for duty on vessels carrying Immigrants or immigrant passengers to or from the United States. This. is not made Imperative but Is left to the option of the Secretary of Labor. We think this is in the Interest of better and more huinane treatment -of the Immigrants or immigrant passengers. That Is the only reference I find. in a somewhat hasty examination of the report. to this matter. But.
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