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Mr. NeLsoN. No, sir; we do not ask for them to come here for
permanent residence under this provision. We want them to come
in, as now, under bond and return to Canada as soon as they shall
have finished their labor here. We would have them come in under
sufficient bond that would insure their return to Canada. These
men have been coming here and doing that work being admitted
under bond, for several years, and I understand that those who
put up the bond have never had to pay a bond by reason of the failure
of a man to return to Canada. These men come in for a short time,
perform the work we have for them, and which they only can do, and
then return to Canada when it is finished.
The CrarrmaN. Do these men bring their families to the United
States with them?
Mr. Neson. No, sir.
Mr. Box. Do these men enter the United States under the provision
 of law that skilled labor may enter the United States if like
labor can not be found here?
Mr. Neuson. They come in under a certain permit that the
Department of Labor issues in their favor.
Mr. Box. They have been coming in, doubtless, under the exemption
 to the alien contract labor law?
Mr. NeLsoN. Yes, they come here under a permit issued by the
Department of Labor to do this work which must be done for the
Cogan success of that industry, and we have not got the labor in
Maine.
Mr. Jenkins. How many come to the United States?
Mr. NeLson. They issue a great many permits, and if there were
20,000 in the Maine woods, 10,000 of them would be Canadians.
You can not tell how many men are in the Maine woods according to
the number of permits issued, for men come in and stay a week and
go home. Then there has to be somebody come here from Canada
to take his place, and during a season one place might be filled as
many as five times, We want these people to come here, because we
have not got the labor here to do that work.
The Crairman. Mr. Beedy, do you care to address the committee?
Mr. Beepy. Anything I might say, Mr. Chairman, would be a
repetition of what has already been said.
Mr. Newson. I do not mean to say that we are here advocating the
quota provisions of the bill. I do not know that we are ready to do
that now. I was simply discussing the phase of it that would in any
case allow these permits still to be issued and the men to come in here
under such bond as would insure their return as soon as they had
performed the work that had to be done here and for which we had
nobody available and qualified.
The Crairman. The bill before the committee is to impose numerical
 restrictions on immigration from countries of the Western Hemisphere.
 One is a straight-out proposal for restriction of immigrants
from Mexico.
Mr, Beepy. I should like to study both bills before committing
myself,
Mr. NeLson. We want that Canadian labor only when we can not
ret 1t In the United States.