The bill before us carries. as I have stated. more than $12.646.000 for this department. One would suppose that the Department of Labor would earnestly seek economies. and the elimination of unnecessary bureaus and agencies. but I submit that a critical examination of this bill reveals that it has not pursued the course indicated. The amount carried in the bill for the Bureau of Immigration is. I submit. in excess of all legitimate demands. A few years ago hundreds of thousands of immigrants landed upon our shores annually and the duties of the department was thereby increased. My recollection is that for a number of years the number of immigrants annually coming to the United States exceeded 1.000.000. Recent legislation has restricted immigration so that less than 150.000 may legally enter the United States. There is too much machinery in the Department of Labortoo many organizations. The personnel is too large. and the cost of the department is entirely too great.
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