Mr. Chairman. a large number of ininigIants. the number being unascertainable at this time. are awNaiting ndinission. standing at the door. though the quotas are exhaustednobody knows how many are or will be waiting. Tie Colnissioner of Immigration was asked how many people there ire. He could give the number now at Ellis Island tnd sonie at other ports. Then lie said there were some at quarantine. and there were some down in the bay in other shills. He could not state how many there are in all. .When asked if lie had any knowledge of the number now afloat imoving toward America lie said that lie did not have. When asked if he hld any assurance that if people in excess of the quota from various countries were now admitted large numbers of others would not continue to come during the remaining six months of the year during which the quota law is yet to run. he answered that lie had no such assurance. The language is: Mr. Box.
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