Evening star., 1924-12-04
DAVIS SEEKS WAY
TO CUT FATALITIES
Secretary of Labor Wants
Authority for Safety Re-
search Work.

Legislation giving the Department
OF Labor the authority and the en-
ployes to enable IL TO undertake ex-
tensive industrial safety research
work on which reduction of the loss
OF life in industry would be based Is
asked by Secretary Davis in his an
nuaI report, made public today Ap-
plication of the present American i'm
migation policy and proposed altera-
tions in that policy constitute a large
part Of the report.
Three salient changes In immigra-
ton practice are suggested by Mr.
Davis. The first would apply to citi-
zens Of Canada, Mexico and other
North American countries outside the
United States the quota restrictions
now governing entrance OF aliens
from other lands. The second would
allow temporary increases in the ad-
mission OF aliens in times OF estab-
iished and parttcuiarized labor short
age and permit administrative re-
striction of all immigration under
existing legal limits in times OF en-
ployment. The third major proposal
would require registration and en-
rollment OF all aliens admitted 70
the country
Secretary Davis again calls atten-
tion to the need of the department
for new building, the present struc-
ture being leased, declaring that 1T
cannot be too forcibly impressed that
II will be necessary for some arrange
ments TO be made with reference to
the housing problem of the depart
ment."
increase Retirement Annuity.
He recommends an increase In the
annuity paid retired Government
employees to 800 a month. The Gov
erment hotels turned in as receipts
for the fiscal year 1924. the sum of
$706,772.63, with an actual profit from
operations for the year. estimated at
$4,000. Mr.. Davis urges the naming
of a few special conciliators in the
bureau Of conciliation to aid the pres
ent force In controversies arising in
certain basic industries.
Along with the discussion OF these
points. however. Mr.. Davis deals at
considerable length with the depart
ments other work. including media
| tion in labor disputes. the assembling
of the statistics Of wages and COM
modify costs. assisting employment
and supervising naturalizations. With
respect to these domestic functions
of the department, he stresses partic-
ularly the necessity for expansion of
the collection of labor statistics re-
lating to accident rates and safety IN
industry. and urges that the present
Federal employment service be placed
on a more permanent basis as in
surance against unemployment"
In presenting his immigration
recommendations Mr.. Davis cites sta
| tistics showing that, while the pres
ent law allows a quota immigration
into the United States of but 164, 900
persons a year from countries eXciu-
sive of North America, non-quota pro-
visions affecting relatives of aliens
already In the United States and for
eigners coming under professional,
educational and commercial status
classifcations make IL possible for a
much greater number OF aliens to en-
ter the country.
The present large influx OF imn7i-
grants from Canada and Mexico, un-
restricted by the law so far as ma
tive citizens of those countries are
concerned, is putting a premium. says
Mr.. Davis, on "bootlegging of aliens"
Europeans in large numbers, gaining
entrance to those countries. he as
serts, are being smuggled unlawfully
to the United States, and he believes
that placing them under the quota
provisions of the law would allow et-
fective steps to be taken to shut out
the evaders.
The expense of regulating immigra-
tion into the United States, Mr. Davis
reports, amounted TO $3,732,s15 in the
fiscal year 1924, but was more than
met by receipts from taxes on imni-
grants. fines and other income of the
department, which totaled S6,334,75s.