There is another interesting brief on file in the court by the landgrant colleges. These colleges. as well as the States which I enumerated above. felt a deep Interest in the matter and filed what to my mind were unanswerable arguments upholding the power of Congress to make the appropriations which were sought to be questioned by the State of Massachusetts. The committee increased the amount for the Department of Labor. under the head of immigration. a million dollars over the Budget estimate. but it will be found that notwithstanding this item of Increase the total amount carried in this bill for the four departments is about $60.000 under the Budget estimate. The committee felt that this increase was absolutely necessary to make effectual the border patrol and to provide funds for deporting a large number of aliens unlawfully here. I am sure the committee In providing funds for this purpose has reflected the overwhelming sentiment of the Members of the House. The committee were unable to understand why the Bureau of the Budget should have estimated the amount needed for border patrol and deportation in 1927 to be $600.000 less than for 1926. The estimate submitted by the Department of Labor was convincing that a much larger sum would be needed for this work in 1927 than has been appropriated for 1926. including the deficiency appropriation of $600.000 recently made. Passing now to the Department of Commerce. the gentleman from New Jersey . as I stated in the outset. has discussed the work of this department in a very interesting way. and I only wish to confirm what he has said and what the House has on several occasions expressed as its estimate of the important work which the Department of Commerce is doing.
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