to direct the collecting and collating of full and complete statistics of the conditions of labor, to gather and publish information regarding labor interests and labor controversies in this and other countries; he supervises the immigration of aliens and enforces the laws relating thereto, and to the exclusion of the Chinese; directs the administration of the naturalization laws; directs work of investigating all matters pertaining to welfare of children and child life and causes to be published such results of these investigations as he may deem wise and appropriate.

Bureau of Immigration administers laws relating to immigration, including the alien contract labor and Chinese exclusion laws and laws relating to the expulsion from the country of aliens not lawfully entitled to be or remain here. Maintains immigration stations at ports of entry and on the borders and offices in many of the principal cities of the country. Through the Division of Information, it seeks to promote a beneficial distribution of admitted aliens, and accurately informs immigrant aliens of opportunities awaiting them in this country. Publications of the Division consist of statistical studies and bulletins on the "resources, products, and physical characteristics of each State and Territory". They may be had upon application to the Commissioner.

Bureau of Labor Statistics diffuses useful information on subjects connected with labor in the most comprehensive sense of the word, and especially upon its relation to capital; hours of labor; earnings of laboring men and women, and the best means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity. Issues series of bulletins : "Wages and Hours of Labor"; "Employment and Unemployment" "Women in Industry"; "Workmen's Insurance and Compensation"; "Industrial Accidents and Hygiene"; and others. Publishes The Monthly Labor Review, dealing with matters of current interest relating to labor in various phases in the U. S. and foreign countries. To obtain publications, apply to U. S. Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Washington, D. C., except for The Monthly Labor Review which is distributed on subscription basis by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., at $1.50 a year.

Bureau of Naturalization supervises the naturalization of aliens, and furnishes general information on the subject. It has administrative supervision over the naturalization of aliens in U. S. and State Courts. Chief Naturalization Examiners have immediate charge of the naturalization districts into which the country is divided. Each Chief

Examiner has a staff of Naturalization Examiners who travel through their territory. Service may be obtained by addressing the Bureau in Washington or its nearest field office. Through its Division of Citizenship Training the Bureau promotes in the public schools the organization and maintenance of classes in English and citizenship for candidates for naturalization; supplies free material for this classroom work, and aids and cooperates with official State and national organizations and other groups in the support of the public schools in their Americanization activities. Bureau issues regular publications as follows: "Naturalization Laws and Regulations"; Annual Report of the Commissioner of Naturalization; these may be secured from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washingtion, D. C. Special publications are: "Federal Citizenship Textbooks", for candidates for citizenship enrolled in the public schools; Teachers' Manuals; "Syllabus of Naturalization Law", for public schools and others concerned.

Children's Bureau is directed by law to investigate and report upon all matters pertaining to children and child life. Investigates the questions of infant mortality and infant care, birth rate, maternity care and maternal mortality, orphanages, juvenile courts, family desertion, dangerous occupations for children, child labor, accidents and diseases of children, and legislation affecting children in the several States and Territories. Conducts children's health conferences especially in remote rural areas and has an experimental motor Child Welfare Conference for this purpose which is in charge of a doctor and nurse and which conducts health examinations free. Makes intensive studies of various aspects of child welfare, social, industrial, economic, and hygienic. Publishes results of such studies in series on the following general subjects: care of children; children's year, children's year follow-up; conference; defective, dependent and delinquent classes; industrial topics; infant mortality; legal topics; rural child welfare; and miscellaneous subjects. Has issued a series of popular bulletins on prenatal, infant, and child care. These have been prepared for the practical use of mothers and are sent free upon application. Also issues an Annual Report, leaflets, circulars, and news-letters. Many of its publications may be secured from the Bureau; others may be bought from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. List of publications sent free on application to the Bureau.

Commissioner on Conciliation represents the Negro race before the

Department and seeks to settle labor troubles among Negroes. Has gathered statistical and other data relative to Negro workers. Has issued "Negro Migration in 1916-17", "The Negro at Work during the World War and during Reconstruction", and a bulletin on the approximate trend of industrial employment and unemployment among Negroes; distributed free through the Department or the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.

U. S. Employment Service promotes the welfare of the wage-earners of the U. S. by advancing their opportunities for profitable employment by maintaining a national system of employment offices in several States. Coordinates the public employment offices by furnishing and publishing information as to opportunities for employment and by maintaining a system for clearing labor between the several States. Through cooperation with State and municipal employment offices, receives applications from employers seeking help and from individuals seeking employment. Information regarding interstate or interzone clearance may be obtained by communicating with the Administrative Offices, Washington, D. C. Publications of this Service are its Annual Reports and a set of 13 pamphlets, "Descriptions of Occupations"; furnished on request. Publishes monthly The Industrial Employment Survey Bulletin, which gives employment information, analyzed and tabulated according to industrial groups and geographical divisions, and employment comments from authoritative sources; free upon application.

Women's Bureau formulates standards and policies designed to promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunity for profitable employment. Has authority to investigate and' report to the Department of Labor upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of women in industry. Lantern slides, a 15-panel exhibit, and an educational exhibit are available for use by State labor departments, schools, colleges, and other organizations. An educational film, "When Women Work", is loaned by the Bureau, or sold for about $175. Publications furnished upon application to the Bureau.

Department of State, U. S., Washington, D. C. The Secretary of State, under the direction of the President, corresponds with public ministers and consuls of the U. S., and with representatives of foreign powers accredited to this country. Negotiates all matters relating to the foreign affairs of the U. S. Grants and issues passports. Publishes laws and resolutions of Congress, amendments to the Con

stitution, and proclamations declaring the admission of new States to the Union.

Consular Bureau: Consular officers are expected to maintain and promote the rightful interests of American citizens; to protect them in all privileges provided by treaty or conceded by usage; to visé and, when authorized, to issue passports; to take charge of and settle the personal estates of Americans who die abroad without legal or other representatives, and remit the proceeds to the U. S. Treasury if they are not called for by a legal representative within one year; to ship, discharge, and, under certain conditions, maintain and send to this country American seamen; to settle disputes arising between masters and seamen of American ships; to investigate charges of mutiny or insubordination on the high seas, sending the offenders to the U. S. for trial; to render assistance to wrecked or stranded American vessels, and in the absence of the master or other qualified person, to take charge of the wrecks and cargoes, if permitted by the laws of the country; to receive the papers of American ships arriving at foreign ports and deliver them when certain obligations have been discharged and proper clearances produced; to certify to the correct valuation of goods exported to the U. S.; to act as official witnesses for American citizens married abroad; to aid in the enforcement of immigration laws; to protect the health of our seamen by weekly reports on the sanitary and health conditions of the ports where they are stationed and by issuing to ships clearing for this country bills of health describing conditions of vessels, ports, and crews; to perform duties required of notaries public in this country; to promote American commerce by aiding in the establishment of relations between American and foreign commercial houses. Circulars issued on application to the appointment division are: "Information Regarding Appointments and Promotions in the Consular Service of the U. S.", and "Information Regarding Appointments and Promotions in the Student-Interpreter Corps of the U. S. in China, Japan, and Turkey".

Division of Passport Control examines applications for passports and for registration in American consulates in foreign countries. It approves or disapproves applications; issues passports; passes upon evidence concerning the right of American citizens to protection abroad; conducts correspondence with applicants, with their representatives and with American diplomatic and consular officers; controls documentation of alien seamen in American ports and all American seamen in

foreign ports; controls the issue of border permits (Canadian and Mexican) for aliens entering the U. S. Clerks of such Federal and State courts as can naturalize aliens execute passport applications in the U. S. American Consuls execute applications for passports and for registration of Americans while abroad. Division keeps records of all the foregoing activities.

Department of the Treasury, U. S., Washington, D. C. The Secretary of the Treasury is charged by law with the management of the national finances. He prepares plans for the improvement of the revenue and for the support of the public credit; superintends the collection of the revenue, and directs the forms of keeping and rendering public accounts and of making returns; grants warrants for all moneys drawn from the Treasury in pursuance of appropriations made by law, and for the payment of moneys into the Treasury; annually submits to Congress estimates of the probable revenues and disbursements of the Government. He controls the construction and maintenance of public buildings; the coinage and printing of money; the administration of the Coast Guard and the Public Health branches of the public service. Publications of the Department may be obtained from the different Bureaus on application.

Bureau of Internal Revenue superintends the collection of all internal revenue taxes and the enforcement of internal revenue laws and the national prohibition act. Through its field workers aims to afford free and convenient local service to taxpayers. Division of Technology receives and examines formulæ of medicinal preparations and flavoring extracts to determine their alcoholic content; makes chemical analyses of narcotic preparations and drugs; analyzes samples of various commodities to determine their taxability under the internal revenue laws. Income Tax Unit administers the income and profit tax laws. Maintains an income tax information service. This service consists of weekly Bulletins which may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.; $2 a year. Capital Stock Tax Division serves as a valuation body. Estate Tax Division, mainly a legal unit, administers Federal laws relating to the descent, distribution, and management of property. Child Labor Tax Division administers the Federal Child Labor Tax Law. The basis for this tax is employment of children (a) under 16 in mines or quarries, (b) under 14 in mills, canneries, workshops, factories or manufacturing establishments, (c)