Evening star., 1927-12-07
Department Of Labor.

The appropriations for which the
estimates provide increases or reduc-
tions of the amounts appropriated for
similar purposes for the nscal year
1928 are as follows:
AnDroDristioD ADD12R5s5a'ed 1Sss. E:tI%sted iSas'
Secretary of Labor S1s6.00o ........
Supplemental esti-
mate submitted Tor o
1923 .......... o%4O $500
Total . 191.24O S192 900
Expenses of reguiat- oo
ing immigration. 6,535,00 6.S12UuU
Immigration stations. 5o,uUO %ofooV
Bureau of Natural, o-oooo eso ooo
Promotion GneIi' of welfare '
of maternity and
IsianGy' Buaesg :n.io!en ..... 1.oeos7e 1.1osooo
Salaries and expenses. oo
Women's Bureau. 1OO.OoO 1U%'oou
Contingent expenses.
Office of the Secre- oo ooooo
Publishing idis citizen
ship textbooks.
Bureau of Nat aooo ,oooc
uralization ..... $4,000 1o'ooo
e u II d s tsupple-
mental estimate SUP ooo
The act of March d, 1927 (44 Stat
1221), authorizes two assistants to the
Secretary. Part of the salaries OF
these assistants will be met by sav.
ings effected by the department and
the remainder is provided by the $3.50
estimate increase.
Immigration Needs Listed.
The need for a larger appropriation
to enforce the immigration laws is
recognized by the increase of $34O. 900
This provides 900 for additional
personnel in the District of Columbia
sos 600 additional for coast and land
border patrol for prevention of illegal
alien entries, funds for additional I'M
migration inspectors to locate alens
Illegally in the United States, and ad'
ditional funds for the detention.
transportation, and deportation oil
such aliens The amount of the estl'
mate for coast and land-border patroi
is $195, 900 in excess of the fiscal year
1927 appropriation for this purpose
The estimate increase will provide Id
more senior patrolmen, 100 additlonal
patrolmen, and SO more immigrant
inspectors than were carried on the
fiscal year 1927 rolls, $75,365 more
for detention and maintenance ol
aliens, and $157,337 more for trans
portation of aliens than was expended
| for similar purposes in the fiscal year
| 1927. when 1865 aliens Illegally in
the United States were deported.
| Ellis Island immigration station is
in urgent need of repairs, particular
| ly it's water system, plumbing, paint
| ing and electrical fixtures and equip
ment. An amount Of 100000 is in
| cluded in the estimate for immigration
| stations for these repairs.
$4,000 General Expenses.
The estimate contemplates an in
crease of 1000 in the appropriation
| General expenses, Bureau of Nat
uraliZat ation," to enable the department
| to keep pace with the increase IN ap
plications for citizenship and to pro
vide temporary additional bureau
| personnel for the consolidation OF
,250, 900 individual records of declara
tons Of intentions, petitions for citl
| zenship, and certificates Of citizenship
now maintained in separate files.
The estimate asks for an appropria
ton increase of S17,024 for Promotion
of welfare of maternity and infancy
Children's Bureau" to meet State ap
preparations.
| The estimate contemplates an in
crease of $4,000 in the appropriation
Salaries and expenses, Women s
Bureau" for additional travel.
The appropriation contingent ex
penses, Office of the Secretary OF
Labor. 1928" included a special item
of $4,000 for travel expenses of a
congressional committee for survey
/ of coast and land border immigration
conditions. The estimate is $4,70C
less than the 1928 appropriation.
| The department has on hand con
siderable supply of textbooks for
aliens contemplating citizenship, and
the estimate asks for a reduction OF
$4,000 in the appropriation Publish
! ing citizenship textbooks, Bureau OF
Naturalization.