I hope the amendment offered .by. the gentleman from Illinois will be adopted. and it can be enforced. When we had this up a little .earlier in the committee a statement was made it -could -not be enforced. ..Here is the Iway it can be enforced. and I will read from page .15 of this bill: .Provided further. That whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Labor that the provisions of this section are per.sistently violated by or on behalf of any transportation company. it .shall be the dtuty of .said :Secretary to -deny to :such company the prlvIlege of landing alien immigrant passengers -of any or all classes at United iStates ports for sueh a period -as in his judgment may be mecessary to insure an observance of such -provisions. Mr. Chairman. the committee can vote this down if they want. to do so. but I want to say to the committee that if tihey vote down this amendmuent offered by the gentleman from Illinois ..they can never again truthfully say. any so voting. that they cared for the moral or spiritual or physical welfare in the highest degree of the immigrant on the vessel. I kno v. because I was a member of the subcommittee that had .charge of this matter for the Immigration Commission. and when we got through with that work I offered a bill. which was substantially the same in spirit. though possib]y different .in language. as the provisions -now offered by the gentleman from Illinois. Why not look after these people -on tile steanships? Why not compel the steamships to carry our own Government officials to look after the people Who are to become flirst residents and then -citizens of this country?
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