Speech #640068560

I think. if I could have the attention of the gentleman. that his first amendment. on line 1 of page 13. ought to be so that it would read" under the fourth and fifth provisos." for this reason: Contract laborers who otherwise would be excluded are exempted under both the fourth and fifth provisos. and the provision of the section is. " that It shall be unlawful for any person. company. partnership. or corporation. in any manner whatsoever. to prepay the transportation or in any way to indce. assist. encourage. or solicit. or attempt to induce. assist. encourage. or solicit. the iuportation or migration of any contract labor or contract laborers into the United States. unless such contract labor or contract laborers are exempted under the fourth and fifth provisos." Now. the fourth provision is: That skilled labor. if otherwise admissible. may be imported if labor of like kind unemployed can not he found in this countryAnd so forth. Now. certainly. we do not want to punish a transportation company vhich is exempted under that provision. And the fifth provision is the one we debated at some length in regard to artists. lecturers. actors. singers. and so forth. So it seems to me the provision ought to be to add after tho fourth proviso. in line 11. the words " fifth proviso." The gentleman from Massachusetts asked me why it is not covered by the next amendment. I will tell him this: As tlie bill was in the Sixtythird Congress it would have been. but as the bill is now there are two classes of contract laborers. or those who would be contract laborers except for the exelnption: Those who come and are admissible because they come within the exemptions. and those described in lines 2 to 6. on page 10. " in any particular iastance may be determined by the Secretary of Labor upon the application of any person interested. such application to be mde before such insportation." But that is merely permissive and not mandatory. so that if you want to make the bill correct you want to. add the words " anod fifth proviso." on line 11. page 13. and strike olt the word " third " and insert the word " fourth." on line 13. I saw the same errors that the gentleman saw.