One is to put the fear of might into the hearts of the workers. the Prussian system. and I am sorry to say that I am afraid that that line of thought is making too much progress in this land of ours to be advantageous to it. The other school of thought is that we should by education. mediation. and conciliation prevent those industrial conflicts as far as It is po.sible to do so. and there is not a governmental activity of the United States that has the right under the law to take up these matters other than the Division of Conciliation in the Department of Labor. I also hear much said about our immigration officials. about the reversal of some decisions rendered by commissioners of immigration. by the Assistant Secretary of Labor. I know nothing about the merits of these controversies. I do not know whether the Assistant Secretary of Labor is justified in his position or not. but I do know that the laws of the land provide that the commissioners of immigration shall be appointed by. the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. I also know that because of a lack of appropriations by this Congress to the Division of Conciliation of the Department of Labor these responsible commissioners of immigration have had toleave their official stations and go out through the land acting as commissioners of conciliation in an effort to try to keep down this industrial unrest that we have so much of throughout the country. I also know that the assistant commissioners of Immigration have been compelled to leave their stations and go out and act as commissioners of conciliation. because of a lack of appropriations by this Congress to the Division of Conciliation in the Department of Labor. I do not say that it is a fact. but it is just possible that because of your failure to appropriate properly for the Division of Conciliation in the Department of Labor you have made it necessary for these responsible commissioners of immigration and assistant commissioners of immigration to leave their posts and go out and try to keep down the unrest and to settle these strikes that come up from time to time. it is just possible you have contributed more to this mixup in the Bureau of Immigration than anybody*I know of. But I hear men talk on this floor about labor and about the Department of Labor. Those labor baiters and labor haters who abuse the high privileges of their responsible position on the floor of the House of Representatives by their actions are creating more socialists.
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