Not now. That $400.000 made $675.000 altogether. With the $675.000 the Naturalization Service proceeded to employ examiners. And before the armistice was signed the estimate was submitted for $675.000. for which the gentleman now asks. The armistice came. The naturalization examiners were taken from the cantonments. and they are now on the hands of the Bureau of Naturalization. which is striving to find some Job to keep these examiners. who traveled around the country to these camps. on the pay roll. The number of examiers who visited these camps run away up--more than 100. They received good salaries. The gentleman who Is in charge of this work was asked the specific question by me as to what lie proposed to do with them. He said that they were very good men. who wanted to stay in the work. and therefore he thought he would keep them and put them on this regular work. In no way can it be said that they contribute to the work the gentleman has in mind of educating those who desired naturalization. except in this. ie says that when an examiner goes to a man who is an applicant for citizenship he impresses upon him the wisdom of being a citizen. There is no earthly reason why the examiner who goes to him originally with regard to his naturalization can not advise him to become a citizen just as easily as a man who was on the pay rolls last year and whose duty It was to be sent on another trip to visit him and say. " I want to advise you to become a citizen." These men are examiners. Not one dollar is spent out of this fund except for examiners. The gentlemen who are the members of the committee endeavored to get information from the head of this service. and after they had vainly spent three or four hours endeavoring to get an account of the exact amount spent under the original appropriation of $275.000. and what was proposed to be done with the $400.000 that was asked for. we all came to the conclusion that we could not get any information.
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