Hushing even pretend to have heard of the matter himself. although he knew this bill had been pending before the Committee on Interoceanic Canals. and he knew when it was reported and put on the calendar. Mr. President. what this amendment represents is simply an attempt to lug into the discussion of this bill an entirely separate question which has been a matter of dispute be*tween the Canal authorities and certain employees of the Canal for a great many years. The Canal authorities assert that they could not possibly have constructed the Panama Canal originally without the employment of a certain amount of alien labor. to wit. men who were imported for the purpose of doing the heavy work on the Canal which Americans were -unable or unwilling to do.
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