For instance. the committee amendment proposed. changing the date from March 1 to March 7. has no purpose other than to admit some people in whom the gentleman from New York. the Hon. ISAAC SIEGEL. is spedially interested. I regret to have to advise. you that I am no longer able to rely on the correctness of the reports that come from the Bureau of Immigration. They issue weekly reports showing how many excess admissions there are. Up to the close of December 21. 1921. the number of these as stated in this official report was. 1.456. On December 24 and 25 they admitted from 900 to above 1.200. and yet the official report showing the total excess up to and including December 31 showed only 1.597 in all. or an increase of only 141 within a period within which there had been from 900 to above 1.200. I crave your patience while I give you the basis for this statement. The New York Times of December 25 contained the followVing item : Of the 1.100 immigrants detained on Ellis Island as excess quota. whose release Secretary Davis ordered on Friday morning. only a few hospital cases remained last night. The entire narticle bears that out and shows that about 1.100 were admitted at that port at that time. but it may be said that this is only a newspaper report. We will see. then. what Mr.
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