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Thatit was * * * suggested to the ranchers and other parties interestedthat this arrangement be made. 3. Thatafter several conferences with the chambers of commerce the interests involved agreed * * *. 4. That the purpose of this agreement was that the lawless interests involved mightcooperate with the Immigration Service to stabilize labor conditions in these parts. 5. That one excuse for this " understanding." "plan." "arrangement." or "agreement" to violate the law and defeat its purpose was thatthis particular class of aliens * * * seldom are * * * able to meet the fiscal requirements of the immigration laws upon their entry. as they are more or less an improvident people. According to the department. when the enforcement of the law will serve the purpose of the law to keep out paupers and pauper contract labor. the department should violate the law to facilitate the admission and retention of paupers and pauper contract labor. 6. That the department. particularly the Immigration Service. was furnished with the printed instructions and blanks arranged for the execution of this "plan." "understanding." "arrangement." or "agreement" suggested. agreed to. recognized. executed. and defended by it. that these blanks were in its custody in Washington. having been brought here by Chief Supervisor Wixon from the scene of the making and operation of the agreement. and their presence and contents known to Commissioner General Hull and Secretary Davis. and that some of these blanks were submitted by Commissioner General Hull and Chief Supervisor Wixon to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Box] and read into the latters speech (CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. May 18. 1926. pp. 58845885). 7. That. according to the repeated statements of the Commissioner General of Immigration. Assistant Secretary White and Secretary Davis. the Immigration Service Is not a party to the "plan." " understanding." "arrangement." or "agreement" made by it. However. it "requires employers of this particular district to furnish periodical reports of Mexican peons illegally permitted to remain In this country under the agreement. and otherwise fills and covers the transaction with indisputable evidences of the departments participation in it. What of these repeated denials of knowledge of this agreement or participation in it? That the service suggested it is shown. that the service made it Is shown. that the service recognizes and is executing it is shown. The efforts to explain and justify it are not consistent with these denials. Secretary Davis admitted It in his letterprobably written by some humiliated Assistant Secretaryto the Immigration Restriction League. Note the following: Whereas the Immigration Restriction League (Inc.) wrote to the non. James J. Davis.