Speech #640151621

This paragraph in the bill carries an appropriation in a lump sum of $2.450.000. The paragraph is made up Of a number of distinct items. In line 17. page 167. is an item for the enforcement of the laws regulating immigration of aliens. in line 21 is an item for salaries and expenses of various employees. in line 25 an item for the enforcement of the act of 1907 relating to immigration. on page 168. line 3. for necessary supplies. and in line 5 for the prevention of the unlawful entry of the Chinese into the United States. I desire to ask the chairman of the committee. In view of the fact that the paragraph is made up of several items relating to distinct propositions. why the paragraph should not be so divided as to assign definite amounts to each one of theitems that one service may not be supported amply and another made to suffer. and why Congress should not exercise the authority it has to say that a certain amount.