Now I will read an interesting extract from the same report. which will show that as far back as 1908 the Federal Government was actually doing what today we intend doing. and is being opposed on the ground that such activity is unconstitutional and an infringement of State rights. The report says: There are two government agencies in this State. part of whose work Is to secure places for unemployed wage earners. One is national. the division of information of the United States Bureau of Immigration. and the other is the bureau of information and statistics of the New York State department of agriculture. The Federal division opened its office in New York early in 1908. There are branches also in Baltimore. Galveston. and Chicago. The law which created the division states that it shall gather information with regard to opportunities for work in all parts of the Union and to give this information to Immigrants and to all others who may apply. It was designed mainly as a means of distributing the immigrants. The work of the bureau is greatly facilitated by the franking privilege which it enjoys. Inquiries are sent to rural post offices. with instructions to distribute them to the farmers.
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