Immigration and Labor: Hearings ...on H.R. 7826 and H.R. 11730 |
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... better contact with our law makers . realize the knowledge they have acquired in the many years they have devoted the service of the country . We do not pretend to come here and dictate to them even suggest to them what should be done ...
... better contact with our law makers . realize the knowledge they have acquired in the many years they have devoted the service of the country . We do not pretend to come here and dictate to them even suggest to them what should be done ...
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... better of making it a flexible entrance into the country according to the conditions of business n the country , it would serve a purpose . Co at this sta e their bus The CHAIRMAN . Let me clear that up a bit . Our information leads us ...
... better of making it a flexible entrance into the country according to the conditions of business n the country , it would serve a purpose . Co at this sta e their bus The CHAIRMAN . Let me clear that up a bit . Our information leads us ...
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... better understanding of employment be tween the different countries of the world . There is an opportunity here for men in our line of business to come and earn a good living . We make that statement and our books are there to prove it ...
... better understanding of employment be tween the different countries of the world . There is an opportunity here for men in our line of business to come and earn a good living . We make that statement and our books are there to prove it ...
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... better shop than that ? Mr. TWYEFFORT . We hope so . The CHAINMAN . Do you know of any shops that set themselves up as custom tailors n New York who do ? Mr. TWYEFFORT . None in our membership . Mr. Box . Did you read the President's ...
... better shop than that ? Mr. TWYEFFORT . We hope so . The CHAINMAN . Do you know of any shops that set themselves up as custom tailors n New York who do ? Mr. TWYEFFORT . None in our membership . Mr. Box . Did you read the President's ...
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... better not press that down and encourage that idea a little more ? Mr. WETZEL . As I have stated , I am afraid they do not want to go into the trade . Then there is the requirement that they have to be 16 years of age , etc. , before ...
... better not press that down and encourage that idea a little more ? Mr. WETZEL . As I have stated , I am afraid they do not want to go into the trade . Then there is the requirement that they have to be 16 years of age , etc. , before ...
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abroad admission admitted ALBERT JOHNSON aliens American Association BANFIELD boys CABLE cent CHAIRMAN citizens citizenship coming Committee on Immigration common labor Congress desirable eastern Europe economic Ellis Island EMERY emigration employed employees employment enrollment Europe fact FARBER Farm Bureau Federation foreign foreign-born Government immigration law increase industry Italians Italy January Jewish Jews KOHLER land large number LARKIN LAWTON legislation literacy test living MALONEY Manufacturers matter mean merchant tailors mills mines National organization passports PATTERSON percentage permit persons PIERCE Poland population present President problem question quota law race RAKER refugees REID Representatives restriction ROSENBERG Russia SABATH Secretary of Labor shortage of labor SIEGEL situation skilled labor statement steel tion to-day trade TRAUTMANN treaty TWYEFFORT unemployed United unskilled VAILE visé wages WALLACE WETZEL WHITE WILSON workers York
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Page 589 - Provided further /That whenever the President shall be satisfied that passports issued by any foreign government to its citizens to go to any country other than the United States or to any insular possession of the United States or to the Canal Zone are being used for the purpose of enabling the holders to come to the continental territory of the United States to the detriment of labor conditions therein, the President...
Page 565 - States, and, where such action may be necessary, to make a written record of such evidence ; and any person to whom such an oath has been administered under the provisions of this Act who shall knowingly or...
Page 562 - alien" wherever used in this Act shall include any person not a native-born or naturalized citizen of the United States ; but this definition shall not be held to include Indians of the United States not taxed or citizens of the islands under the jurisdiction of the United States. That the term
Page 501 - That the number of aliens of any nationality who may be admitted under the immigration laws to the United States in any fiscal year shall be limited to 3 per cent of the number of foreign-born persons of such nationality resident in the United States as determined by the United States census of 1910.
Page 374 - And provided further, That the provisions of this law applicable to contract labor shall not be held to exclude professional actors, artists, lecturers, singers, ministers of any religious denomination, professors for colleges or seminaries, persons belonging to any recognized learned profession, or persons employed strictly as personal or domestic servants.
Page 565 - Certified copies of all papers, documents, certificates, and records required to be used, filed, recorded, or kept under any and all of the provisions of this act shall be admitted in evidence equally with the originals in any and all proceedings under this act and in all cases in which the originals thereof might be admissible as evidence.
Page 490 - Japanese themselves prevented any emigration to our country of their laboring people, it being distinctly understood that if there was such emigration the United States would at once pass an exclusion law. It was of course infinitely better that the Japanese should stop their own people from coming rather than that we should have to stop them; but it was necessary for us to hold this power in reserve. Unfortunately, after I left office...
Page 565 - Act, or to the various Acts relative to the compilation of the Official Register, such persons as he may deem advisable and from time to time fix, raise, or decrease their compensation. He may draw...
Page 565 - Act $100,000, or as much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended for the salaries and expenses of persons so employed and for expenses incident to such employment ; and the accounting officers of the Treasury shall pass to the credit of the proper disbursing officer expenditures from said sum without itemized account whenever the Secretary of Labor certifies that an itemized account would not be for the best interests of the Government...
Page 565 - ... an oath has been administered under the provisions of this act who shall knowingly or willfully give false evidence or swear to any false statement in any way affecting or in relation to the right of any alien to admission to the United States shall be deemed guilty of perjury and be punished as provided by section fifty-three hundred and ninety-two, United States Revised Statutes.