The committee had two reason.. for taking that attitude. The first was that it introduced a very intensive subject. as to which the three parties In interest could not agree on anything. The president of the seamens union wanted this amendment. The steamship companies by their representatives wanted somothing totally different. The Department of Labor. the commissioner at Ellis Island. and the Immigration commissioner here wanted a third plan. They said the landingcard scheme had been tried and would not work. A seaman merely tears up his landing card and departs for parts unknown. The landing card does not stop him from deserting.
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