The men who made those papers were usually Russian Jews. but they were making them. although they had succeeded In breaking it up. The consul at Antwerp and the consul at Hamburg and the consul at Berlin told me that they did everything they could to stop this kind of thing. but that it was utterly impossible for them to do it. Of course. the consul at Berlin said. "I am dealing largely with false visas in one way or another. and false certificates of birth." But the consul at Antwerp. the consul at Rotterdam. and the consul at Hamburg were unanimous in telling me. " You can not stop this kind of thing. It is utterly impossible to stop it. It has got to be stopped by prompt investigation when the vessel comes into the United States." Let me show you how it went on there: After they had been examined and listed for shipment. the next day I stayed there watching the men come in. and man after man came in before the captain and he picked the bestlooking men and the men with the best papers for the fireroom. for the engineer was there with him and picked for the fireroom. the captain himself picked men for the stewards department and the deck department.