In that case the Government leviesa new assessment and collects It instead of paying him the refund that he claims. The best test of that Is that while we have been paying out $262.000.000 since the beginning of thewar on refunds. we have collected over $2.000.000.000 on underpaid schedules. so that as amatter of fact Ithink It is fair to give the department credit for a very accurate system in connection with theconsideration of these problems. A good deal of complaint has been made about the condition of the Ellis Island immigration station. A great many people have said that the Ellis Island station is a menace and a disgrace to civilization. I havenot been willing to go as far as that. but I really do think that theEllis Island immigration station was and is in bad condition. and all of the members of the Immigration Committee who visited the station say that something should be done. This committee recommends an appropriation of $326.000 for repairs and alterations at Ellis Island immigration station. That is for the purpose of remodeling the buildings and furnishing beds where no beds have heretofore existed for those who have to be detained. Under the existing immigration law. where the quota of the different nationalities is restricted. a great many more people are held at Ellis Island than were held prior to the restricted provisions of the law. A great many people.are held there who are really not immigrants in the sense we generally understand the term. They are held because the quota from the country from which they come has already been filled. or. at any rate. there isr a contest as to whether It is filled or not.
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