No. 1 HEARINGS BEFORE U.S. Congress. House. THE COMMITTEE ON 1 PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS SEVENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. J. Res. 439 AUTHORIZING THE ERECTION IN THE DEPARTMENT Suft Doc, 2-11-36 PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS-No. 1 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1936 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, Washington, D. C. The committee met at 10:30 a. m., Hon. Fritz G. Lanham (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. We are met this morning to consider House Joint Resolution 439, introduced by me, in accordance with the following letter which I received from the Secretary of Labor, dated December 26, 1935: Hon. FRITZ G. LANHAM, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR MR. LANHAM: I am enclosing a draft of a proposed joint resolution authorizing the erection in the Department of Labor Building of a memorial to the officers of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and Immigration Border Patrol who, while on active duty, lost their lives under heroic or tragic circumstances. There is also enclosed a list containing the names of 29 officers of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Immigration Border Patrol who have lost their lives while in the performance of their official duties. It is desired to erect in the main entrance of the Department of Labor Building a suitable bronze plaque containing the names of these officers. The cost of the project will be defrayed by voluntary subscriptions of officers and employees in the service. It is understood that similar memorials have been placed in other Government departments and I would appreciate it if you would introduce in the coming session of Congress an appropriate resolution authorizing the erection of the desired plaque in the Department of Labor Building. Respectfully, FRANCES PERKINS, Secretary. Enclosed with this letter is a list of officers of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service who lost their lives in performance of their official duties. Mr. BURNHAM. On different dates and at different places? The CHAIRMAN. At different times and places, and the list gives the Circumstances with reference to each case. Mr. BURNHAM. Is that the total number who have lost their lives ́in this work in line of duty since the border patrol was established? The CHAIRMAN. Evidently so. I notice the first man mentioned in the list was killed on April 16, 1919. 44426-no. 1-36 1 |