If there is noevidence against him sufficient to find that he comes under the terms of the act. then. in justice to him. he should have been formally. discharged. If otherwise. then the people are the sufferers. I should like to say also to my colleagues that I could change and relieve the congestion at Ellis Island very quickly if Congress would abolish the office of Commissioner of Immigration and in lieu thereof place the Assistant Secretary of Labor. at Ellis Island. so that he could act on each and every appeal promptly. If an immigrant is not fit mentally. morally. or. physically. or if he is a crook. criminal. or- an anarchist. see that he is sent back by the next ship. But you do. not. do that: Under the present.law you bring the appeals from Ellis Island: to Washington. and here they take from.a week to four or five months before the appeals are acted upon. If you had your Assistant Secretary of Labor at Ellis Island to pass on the question. you would not only get rid of all the correspondince and delay. but you would relieve the congestion.
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