Not only did the division function during the war but it became the. nucleus. by direction of the Department of Labor. of the -United States. Employment Service. and rendered effioient aid in that .cabacity. 1. In addition to being chief of the division. became for the time being the acting director of employment and continued in that capacity until the :division was .resterel to *the Bureau of Immigration by order of the. Secretary of Labor. "The Division of Information has never far a day ceased to function as a division except as heretofore stated. It has faithfully complied -with the terms of ihe statute creating it. It is now prepared to do more efficient service than before. It was Aiuring the war. when immigration had dropped to Its lowest level. that the activities of the division were diverted to other channets. With increased immigration the need for it is more pressing than ever. The work of the Division of Information in no way duplicates that of any other arm of the Government service. It was created for rhe. purpose of informing admitted aliens on everything necessary to their. welfare in order that they might more rapidlv -and satisfactorily fit into our American life. While the Division of Information formed the nucleus out of which the United States Emploment Service oTJginily grew. it "now bears no aelationship cto that servace and in no way duplicates its work. The -division is now -cooperating with the officials .of 61 the States and Territories in preparing the information required by law to be presented to applicants. Reciprocal relations with boards of trade. industrial organizations. and chambers of commerce are being formed with a view to diver:ting the stream of immigration to the land -as the -place to .earnbread. Regardless of the feelings. interests. wishes. or welfare of the chief of the division. that orianization. a statutory arm -of the Government. should not be summarily abolished by refusal to appropriate for it. and I ask the Committee on Appropriations to reinsert the item providing for its maintenance in the appropriation bill.
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