The most lavish building was one located on the seacoast. It was a fivestory building. constructed of stone. the inside being all mosaic. with beautiful floors. and even stainedglass windows. That building housed a handful of people whose work had to do with the Immigration Service of Sicily. I learned afterward that only five to seven ships a month call at that port. Yet someone induced our representatives in Palermo to permit the spending of a large amount of counterpart funds. comparatively speaking. to erect this lavish building. Just across the street were two other buildings which housed officials of the port authority engaged In other than immigration work. The structure which had been erected for the use of the immigration officials would have been ample. not only for the present but for years to come. to house all the employees necessary to operate the port of Palermo. A short distance from there we saw a few school buildings and hospitals which had been started but were not completed because of a lack of funds. Somehow the money was found to complete the three port authority buildings which I presume were to house a group of political appointees and employees of the Government. I was informed that the construction estimates fell far short of completing work on those buildings. particularly the lavish one which was erected in order to house the Immigration Service. I have not been able to obtain all the figures. but I have been promised them. When I returned I took this matter up with Mr.
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