The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-12
VERMONT MAN
| is SELECTED
For Important Work of For
eign Investigation for De-
partment of Labor
w. w. HUSBAND SENT
ABROAD TO STUDY
He Has Recently Ended His
Duties in the Immigra-
ton Bureau

Washington, ID. c., June NV. w
, Husband of st. Johnsbury, VT, former
n ly a well known Vermont newspaper
1 man, will conclude his duties July | az
chief of the division of contract labor
in the government immigration bureau,
where he has been employed since the
conclusion of his duties as secretary OF
the immigration commission.
Mr. Husband has been requested by
Secretary Wilson of the newly created
department of labor to carry on some
important work of investigation in Eu-
rope in connection with that department
and expects to sail shortly after the first
of July for six months trip abroad.
His work will take him to Turkey in
Asia, Russia, turkey in Europe, Greece,
Italy, the Balkan states and probably
Spain.
Mr.. Husband has come to be known
as one of the best authorities on the
subject of immigration in this country
land has devoted nearly ten years to
its study. Since leaving the Vermont
newspaper field to come to Washington
las Senator Dillingham's secretary, he
has served for some years as clerk OF
the Senate committee on immigration
and later. upon the creation by Con-
lgress of a special commission to carry
on full investigation of all phases of
the immigration problem and to re-
port to Congress. he was selected as its
secretary. In that capacity he went
abroad with the members of the COM
mission in the summer of 1907 and lat
Ier was entrusted with the direction not
only OF the large body of employees en-
gagged in the collection of information
but was placed in charge of the force
engaged in the tabulation OF returns,
etc. in which position he showed rare
ability. The report of the commission
was made to Congress nearly two years
ago and has since been printed.
/ Since the completion Of that work, Mr..
Husband has been engaged in the adj
ministratiye work of the government bu
reRu which has jurisdiction OF the opera
ton of the immigration laws in the
United States although his advice is
frequently sought by members of Con-
gress interested in the drafting of new
| legislation along the lines of immigra
ton.
Mr.. Husband is well known among
the members of social and economic So |
cieties in this city and elsewhere and |
il serving his second year as president |
of the Vermont Association of the Dis |
trict of Columbia. in which capacity he |
has instilled new life in the associa
ton.
Mrs. Husband and son, Richard, will |
soon leave for Ration, n. NJ. to remain
with Mr.. and Mrs. b. |. Staples, for
merly of St Johnsbury, who are now
located there, during Mr. Husbands So
journ abroad.
As an indication of the growing popu
Iaritv Of Vermont and vicinity as a
summer vacation resort for Washington
people, ii is noted in Washington pa
per, which recently printed list Of the
of the city who are plan
ming on leaving the city for the summer,
that four have selected the Green Noun
tain state or its immediate vicinity as
fitting place to pass the summer
months. Rev. Hermon s. Pinkham, pas
tor of the Emmanuel Baptist church, will
go to Chittendon, Rev. Willard G. Dav
export has not designated definite
although he will seek his
field in Vermont, Rev. George S. Dun
can will spend his time at Lake Cham
plain and Lake George resorts, and Rev.
DR.. John Van Schaick, ir., will 60 to
n. Y.
Senator Dillingham; was one of the
guests at an informal Sunday afternoon
tea given last Sunday at the Montgom-
ary Country club in honor of EXPIRES
William Howard Taft, who was here to
attend the meeting of the Lincoln memo
rial commission.
The Washington Herald in recent
EDITORIAL commenting upon Secretary Me
Adoo's proposal to Congress to postpone
the action of the president looking to I
he consolidation of customs districts in /
he several states in accordance with the 1
rider issued by President Taft at the !
asst session of Congress, until Jan. |, 7
9l4, is inclined to give Senator Dill !
iBgham the credit for being the only /
opponent to the Curtis plan of consoli- 4
Iation to win his point in regard TO
he consolidation of customs districts as :
/ affected the situation in a single state.
The Herald says:
During the Taft administration the !
reasury department proposed 10 abolish |;
II collectorships, except one in practi
ally every state, and TO make each port
ubordinate to one central port. The
Ian was blocked by members of Con-
ress protesting against any changes in
heir own territory. They believed il !
D be in the interest of economy and
but it had one little flaw: 1t :
pitt things wrong in their own states. :.
he protest became so vociferous that 2
resident Taft gave a hearing TO the
critics, but yielded only at
ne point Senator Dillingham; of Yer
lont convinced him that the Green
fountains so divided his home state
nat the people could not get from the
lst to the west, and vice versa, except
aeroplanes, and Senator Dillingham;
as allowed two collectors" t
Senator Dillingham; is inclined to
link. however. that what saved the two