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Mr. Brewer. I think they have a real affection for the section
where they have been employed.
The CrairMAN. A great many did move to.the textile centers of
North and South Carolina.
Mr. Brewer. Yes, sir.
. The Cuarrman. And when they did get there they created a
distressful condition.
Mr. Brewer. There was a distressful condition, but what brought
about the situation I do not know.
The Crarrman. And the agitators promptly stepped in to give
some lessons in communism to the workers down there.
Mr. Brewsr. Yes, sir.
. The Cramrman. Has Massachusetts been able to take care of its
industrial activities with the limited restriction of immigration?
Mr. Brewer. It has been mightily helped through the action of
this committee.
The Cratrman. The slowing down of immigration has helped the
poverty situation?
Mr. Brewer. Yes, sir.
The Crarrman. Has it helped the crowding in the schools?
Mr. Brewer. I do not know; I suppose so.
The CrairMaN. Are you not informed that the taxpayers complain
that the schools cost too much?
Mr. Brewer. That is always so.
The Cuarrman. And that the grading of the pupils tends downward
 instead of upward, because of the heavy foreign population.
Mr. Brewsr. That has been complained of in the past.
i The Crairman. Has your committee made any studies along that
ine?
Mr. Brewer. This committee, since I have been on it, has given
attention to the western. conditions.
The Cuarrman. It is the West that the National Chamber of
Commerce desires to save.
Mr. Brewer. Since I have been on the committee; yes, sir.
The CHAIRMAN. When you say “West” do you mean southwestern
Texas and Arizona?
Mr. Brewer. Yes, sir.
The Crarrman. And Utah, Nebraska, California——
Mr. Brewer. I have not participated in any discussion of the
tastern problems.
The Crarrman. The problem in eastern United States is a great
broblem for this reason: The area is smaller and the population very
Much greater.
Mr. Brewer. Certainly.
The CrairmaN. Now, I am informed that leading citizens of the
New England States state positively they have.not been able to
®mploy satisfactorily the limited number of immigrants they have
teceived for the past five years.
Mr, Brewer. I think that is probably correct.
The Cratrman. That is correct?
Mr. BRewrr. Yes, sir.
The CrarrMAN. Is that making hard times in New England?
Mr. Brewer. It is not obvious just at present. There have been
various conditions New England has suffered from.