I venture to say that chambers of commerce from every State in the Union would have been opposed -to this increased fee. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America says: High fees for passports and visaing of passports are a burden upon the international travel necessary to commerce. However appropriate in wartime. the formalities incident to visas and to police control of passports are now an interference with commerce. Our Government should reduce its fees for passports and visas to a reasonable charge for the service it performs. I submit this is no time to slap the steamship companies in the face. drive them into bankruptcy. and help the railroads. the financial interests. and the bankers of the United States. Mr.