It Is one of the few items on which the last administration and the present administration agreed. We did not cut the appropriation at all. The Senator from New York urged yesterday that we allow the Immigration Bureau more money because so many wetbacks are coming. into the country. I call attention to the fact that there is nothing in this bill having to do with immigration. The Senator missed his time by about 2 weeks. He should have discussed the wetback question when the bill making appropriations for the Immigration Service was under discussion. But in order that there can be no question about what was said yesterday with respect to the power of the Bureau of Customs. I quote from page 6340 of the RECCRD the following statement by the Senator from Wisconsin:
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