The coastal sections. both west and east. as well as many sections in the interior. are greatly interested in speeding up the surveys to which the gentleman from California refers. and I assume that facts may be later laid before the committee showing that tile appropriations we have recommended for this service should be increased so as to permit the work now being carried on to be continued. I recognize that there is merit in the contention of the gentleman from California. but this is a matter which the committee felt should be passed on by the House. You will likely hear from some who are very much interested In stopping numerous surreptitious entries by immigrants through failure to properly guard our borders. The Department of Labor. in response to questions from members of the committee. were frank to admit that the appropriation recommended by the Budget was wholly insufficient to properly guard the borders. The fact that the House has recently shown great interest in restricting immigration and properly reduced. 1 think. the number that can be lawfully admitted. would indicate that the House may be interested in providing sufficient funds to enable the Department of Labor to prevent unlawful entries and to deport those now unlawfully here. During the discussion of the immigration bill many Members called attention to the large numbers who had unlawfully entered. and you will note that the committee had the representatives of the Department of Labor write into the record the true facts as to this matter. We did this in order that the House might have reliable information on which to predicate any action they might think it wise to take relative to appropriations carried for this activity. I can but feel that the House will give prompt approval to the other items carried in the bill. even though it may decide to grant some increase in the two items to which I have made specific reference.
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