Congress must take effective action to suppress this vile trade by giving the Bureau of Customs the means and the men with which to operate in the proper enforcement of our antismuggling laws. For this reason. I have introduced today a bill in Congress which provides for the establishment of a United States customs port patrol and a United States customs border patrol in the Treasury Departments Bureau of Customs in order to increase the effectiveness of this agency in dealing with the smuggling of narcotics into this country. These are to be lawenforcement bodies with adequate personnel and equipment for use in patrol work in our harbors. airports. along the coasts and borders. Officers of these patrol services shall be empowered to enforce the antismuggling laws of the United States. to make searches of all vessels. as well as seizures and arrests in accordance with our laws.
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