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CALEXICO IN PROTEST TO CONGRESS—CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WIRES CHESTER
MOORE AND OTHERS MESSAGE—TO PREVENT BIG LOSS—RAILROADS AND FARMERS
BOTH LOSE IF MEXICAN LABOR IS CURTAILED

WasgINGTON, January 28. —The prophecy that both railroads and farmers
of the Southwest would suffer heavy financial loss if the Mexican labor supply
is curtailed, was made here to-day by E. E. McGinnis, representing the western
railroads before the House Immigration Committee.
Calexico has taken official part in the registering of disapproval of the Box-Johnson
 immigration legislation by which adherents of this measure are apparently
attempting to get their measure across before the regular consideration of the
administration’s program of immigration regulation.
The chamber of commerce to-day sent to various representatives of the valley
who are in Washington, a protest by wire. It was addressed to C. B. Moore,
representative of the valley chambers, and also to Phil Swing, and others, asking
that Representative in Congress be importuned to delay action on the Box bill
until the administration’s plan for regulation of Mexican immigration is presented.
The CuairMaN. Then, here is a wire I received from Miami, Ariz.:
Miami, Ariz., January 31, 1930.
Hon. ALBERT JOHNSON,
Chairman Committee on Immigration and Naturalization:
Unemployed married men in Arizona who served their country in war times
could now use jobs held by noncitizen Mexicans. Urge gassage of Box bill.
L. G. Huss,
Devartment Commander Veterans of Foreign Wars.

CuaMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Washington, February 3. 1930.

Hon. Averrr JOHNSON,
Chairman, House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization,
Washington, D. C.
Dear MR. Jonson: At the hearing to-day you requested a copy of all actions
taken by the national chamber with reference to immigration. All of the actions
which the national chamber has taken in this field have been taken by resolutions
at annual meetings. There is attached a printed copy of all resolutions on
immigration which the chamber has adopted with a notation in each case of the
date on which the resolution was approved.
At the hearing to-day Mr. Esterly stated that one of the chamber’s representatives
 at the hearing Friday, January 24, stated that the chamber’s immigration
committee's work was financed out of the chamber’s general fund and supplemental
 sources. He asked me what these supplemental sources are. My answer
was that there are no supplemental sources of revenue for the chamber’s immigration
 committee’s work, that this activity of the chamber, like all of its other
activities, is financed out of the chamber’s general fund. Examination of the
printed report of the testimony of the chamber’s representatives before your
committee reveals the following statement, which is probably the basis for the
question Mr. Esterly asked:
“Mr. Gipson. Just what do the committees do in reference to the collecting
of information?
“Mr: Bent. We spend all the money the chamber will allow us to spend and
then draw on other sources.”
Mr. Bent’s reference to ‘other sources’ undoubtedly referred to other sources
of information regarding immigration. In other words, we collect certain information
 directly through our own staff facilities. In addition, we call on other
agencies in the field to send us such information as they have available to supplement
 that which we gather direct.
May I repeat for the purpose of the record that the staff work for the chamber’s
immigration committee is provided by the civic development department of the
chamber. and is financed out of that department’s budget, which in turn. is