President. they are. Their duties correspond in exactingness with those of inspectors who are employed by the Post Office Department and the special agents of the Department of Justice. Upholding the Immigration restriction laws of the United States depends on the fidelity of these men. The examination of the incoming immigrants must be made with the utmost skill. intelligence. and tact. We call on these men not only for that kind of ability but we call on them to work long hours overtime. When ships come in on Sundays we call on them to work on Sunday. and there is no provision of which I know that gives them any allowance for such overtime. Now. if Senators will look at pages 2 and 3 of the report they will see what these men get for that work. The average postoffice inspector gets $3.700 per year. the average special agent of the Department of Justice gets $3.200 a year. the average internalrevenue inspector gets $2.966 a year. the average prohibition investigator gets $2.300 a year. the average examiner and special agent in the customs service gets $2.200 a year. but in the Immigration Service. which guards America against the greatest menace that confronts itmuch worse than the cheating of the customs or the theft of mail or the evils against which the other inspectors protect usthe aVerage Inspector of immigrants in the Immigration Service gets only $2.130 a year. The senior patrol inspectors get $1.921 a year. the ordinary patrol inspectors get only $1.739 a year. but we call on those men for a much higher quality of service. in my opinion. than any of the other inspectors in the other departments are called upon to perform. They are not in the classified service. to answer the junior Senator from Utah [Mr.
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