The administration has repeatedly attempted to pass the KerrCoolidge bill. and later the Dies bill. Both of these bills sought to confer much greater discretion upon the Secretary of Labor. She was anxious to have the power reposed in her to practically determine who should be deported and who should not be deported. She was much more interested in the power to determine who should not be deported than she was in the power to determine who should be deported. These bills have never passed Congress. The attitude of the Secretary of Labor no doubt has had a great deal of influence on the President in that he too has reflected her sentiments and the sentiments of some of those who live in large centers of population where the percentage of foreign born is high. The tendency of the Secretary of Labor to want to let down the bars and admit aliens more freely is reflected in the large increase in immigrants of all classes in the past 5 years. Especially is this true in 1937 and 1938. For in January 1937. a new policy was quietly put into effect.
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