Immigration, Bureau of-Continued. Employees in Washington, need for additional Immigration law, penalty for violation... Immigration officers, distribution of additional.. Immigration stations, repairs and maintenance.... Insane aliens, support of deported.. Personnel of bureau, statement showing number and location.. Return entry permits.. Salaries Stowaways- APPROPRIATION BILL, 1930 HEARING BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CONSISTING OF MESSRS. MILTON W. SHREVE (CHAIRMAN) GEORGE HOLDEN TINKHAM, ERNEST R. ACKERMAN WILLIAM B. OLIVER, AND ANTHONY J. GRIFFIN IN CHARGE OF DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE, COMMERCE, AND LABOR APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1930 APPROPRIATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, 1930 CARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE MESSRS. MILTON W. SHREVE (CHAIRMAN), GEORGE HOLDEN TINKHAM, ERNEST R. ACKERMAN, WILLIAM B. OLIVER, AND ANTHONY J. GRIFFIN OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CHARGE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR APPROPRIATION BILL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1930, ON THE DAYS FOLLOWING, NAMELY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1928. TATEMENTS OF HON. ROBE CARL WHITE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY; SAMUEL J. GOMPERS, CHIEF CLERK; HUGH L. KERWIN, DIRECTOR OF CONCILIATION; AND CHARLES E. BALDWIN, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF LABOR STATISTICS ENERAL STATEMENT ON ESTIMATES AND NEEDS OF DEPARTMENT Mr. SHREVE. We will now take up the appropriation items for the Department of Labor. The committee is glad to have before it the ssistant Secretary, Mr. White. Mr. Secretary, the current approriations for the Department of Labor, including $100,000 in the cond deficiency act of 1928, amount to $11,168,340. The estimates efore the committee for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, for the epartment of Labor for its various activities amount to $10,710,430, a decrease under the current amount of $357,910, taking into conderation the fact that there is not any estimate for the so-called Maternity Act," the current amount for which is $1,108,000. This em eliminated, the estimates really show an increase for the departent of $570,090, which mainly is absorbed by the Bureau of Immiation increase. We shall be pleased to have a general statement from you, Mr. cretary, on the Department, its activities and needs. Mr. WHITE. Gentlemen, we are here to justify, if we can, the estiates recommended to Congress by the Bureau of the Budget for the epartment of Labor for the fiscal year 1920. The department believes that in no instance, extravagant sums ve been recommended. On the contrary, it is confident that you ill agree with it, after hearing the explanations of the various items, at the amounts recommended are quite conservative and in some stances, at least, in order to carry out and perform the duties imsed upon the various officials by law and secure the results expected them by the Congress, it will require unusual administrative ability accomplish the purpose, within the appropriation. 1 IMMIGRATION SERVICE For instance, while the total appropriation recommended for the Immigration Service is larger than the appropriation for the present year, I will call your attention to the fact that the work of this service is increasing and developing in greater proportion than the increase in appropriations. To mention a few of these developments, new international bridges, ferries, tunnels, are being constructed. A great number of new paved highways are being opened across our land boundaries. All of these things result in greatly increased traffic with its attendant problems. Then there is the new development of aircraft. Already we have a multiplicity of demands to open ports of entry for the admission of aliens by aircraft with many more applications in the offing. It is needless to say that each port opened will require new employes and the expenditure of more money. It is obvious that the department and the bureau can not always foresee all of such developments one year in advance; although experience has shown that some kind of emergencies are sure to arise and since this service is a law enforcement service, these new developments must be taken care of In the past this has been accomplished by the curtailing or the elimination of certain other activities. And I might add that this condition may again arise during the year 1930. It has always seemed to me that in justice to this law-enforcement service, in making appropriations it would be well to give the Immi gration Service a margin of several hundred thousand dollars to take care of unforeseen emergencies as they arise. This does not mean that the money would necessarily need to be expended. Any unused portion could be returned to the Treasury at the end of the year. For the past several years this service has been compelled to foreg activities toward the latter part of the fiscal year in order to keep within the appropriation, and to me it hardly seems fair to a service of this kind to be asked to expend an appropriation of six to eight million dollars, knowing before the year starts that its regular activi ties will require the use of the entire appropriation. NATURALIZATION SERVICE With reference to the appropriation for the Naturalization Service it is a few thousand dollars greater than the one for the present year The Naturalization Service has been running on a very close marg for years. The work of the field service in this bureau and the work preliminar to the granting of citizenship was for many years carried on in a loos or unorganized manner. During the past several years many change in organization and methods have been made with the sole purpose o preventing fraud and irregularities in granting citizenship and pre venting the priceless privilege of citizenship being conferred upo those who are unfitted. This service has reached the time when it may require a fe thousand dollars increase in the appropriations each year. |