I also desire to bring to the attention of the Senate. in connection with the question of Filipino immigration. the following extract from the Report of the Proceedings of the American Federation of Labor at the annual convention held at Toronto. Canada. on October 7 to 18. 1929. What I shall read is taken from the report of the executive council of the federation: During the fall of 1928 posters were displayed in Manila and other cities urging Filipinos to come to the United States to enjoy the great prosperity existing here. Great numbers rushed to the boats to come to the United States. Scores of them died on the way from spinal meningitis and other diseases. They were tilnly clad. traveled in the steerage and. when a cold climate was reached. they became ill. Many were buried in the ocean. and when the vessels arrived in the United States the passengers still alive were placed in quarantine. President Green took the matter up with the War and Navy Departments. the Public Health Service.
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