William N. Doak. nor am I condemning the subordinate officials and the employees under him. The trouble seems to be the system and the laws under which the immigration laws are enforced. rather than the persons who execute them. I may say further that the very capable woman who is the present Secretary of Labor is making a splendid record for herself in a very difficult position. I believe she is sincerely trying to carry on in a manner which will be a credit to herself and to the Democratic administration. However. the Madam Secretary is under the same handicaps that surrounded her immediate predecessor. and it is my honest belief that an investigation such as I propose in this resolution will result in clarification of several provisions of the immigration law by the enactment of measures which will strengthen the arm of the Secretary and her capable subordinates in the enfbrcement of the immigration law. Now. to recur to the topic which I discussed at the beginning. namely. the question of investigating the loopholes through which smuggling gangs operate. I just want to refer briefly to extracts in the last annual report of the Commissioner General of Immigration covering the operations of the Bureau of Immigration for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1932. In his report Hon. Harry E.
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