Malays. Arabs. and Africans employed in the plant at that particular time. On the first day. with the assistance of two officers detailed from the Buffalo office. we obtained the sworn statements of 10 aliens who admitted that they had deserted from vessels and had entered the country in violation of the immigration laws. I made arrangements to return to the plant the following morning. Remember. there were 400 aliens in that plant. When I arrived at the plant the man in charge of the employment service informed me that not one of the class of men above mentioned had shown up that morning for work. When they learned the immigration officials were on their trail they scattered like chaff and sought hiding places and working places in other portions of the United States. I then proceeded to Niagara Falls and made investigation of a complaint against the Carborundum Co.. and with the assistance of an officer detailed from the Niagara Falls immigration office I obtained the sworn statements of approximately 40 aliens who admitted that they had entered the country in violation of law. some having entered the country surreptitiously over the Canadian boundary and several as deserting seamen. I returned to Buffalo and telephoned to the employment agent of the Delaware & Lackawanna plant. who informed me that none of these Malays. etc.The ones that he had referred tothe 400had returned to work. In order to satisfy myself of the truth of this statement.
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