Show IMMIGRATION MAN DEFENDS PRACTICE WASHINGTON 1 Feb 10 in In re reply l to a a. aletter aletter I letter from Senator Inclosing circulars clr- clr I complaining that G nUllan Immigrants are aro Improperly treated and in tho matter ofa ot of a medical examination at Ellis Ellin Island Irland which results In th their lr rejection on account of or orb b being ln afflicted with Ith trachoma Commissioner Commis Commis- Gene General al Keefe Keele has written the senator sen son ator defending nl the course courso of his bureau and ana denying the tho charge I In his letter the commissioner calls caUs attention attention at at- to the legal requirement that the tho steamship hl companies provide prop proper r mod- mod leal examinations of or intended Immigrants before p permitting thorn them to embark Ho Hothem then them Lau takes tAlu 4 up a suggestion made In tho circular that thU m medical edical officers s employed b by this government go be stationed tit rut the various various vari vari- ous oilS foreign n ports pOrta of or embarkation which he 8 says 88 8 IB fe is Impracticable bl ns as fI it Jt had been beon ascertained through tho the department nt of or stAt that several everal foreign go so objected to the assignments of or medical Inspectors at their ports tor Sor the purpose of ot aliens about to embark for tor forthe forthe the United States Furthermore he says the Immigration law prescribes a m medical examination at the tho port o of entry and this undoubtedly dIY leads to the tho rejection I of man many aliens for tor physical cau causes es developing develop develop- ing V after embarkation |