I will say that Commissioner Higgins and his predecessor. Mr. Commissioner Friday. are known to me. and I have never heard from either of them any statement that would substantiate the arguments advanced here. namely. that the foreign born. socalled. are producing a greater number of insane In the State of New York than the native born. although it Is true that the foreignborn patients are not committed to private institutions in equal number with the native born in New York. This amendment that I have offered here simply gives tie power to the Secretary of Labor in extraordinary cases. where lie believes that an injustice would be done. to relieve the condition of an. immigrant arriving here. or to admit such an inmigrant in his discretion. and he is required to report to Congress each year the number of cases. giving the reasons in each particular case. and acting in the same capacity as an appellate court would act. or would have the power to act. either reversing the judgment or modifying it when a criminal case comes before it. I am not asking that any extraordinary power be given to the Secretary of Labor. We trust our Cabinet officials in many matters. and there is no reason in the world why we should not trust them to carry out the best provisions of this law in the event of its enactment.
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