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and could ask for a doctor, or ask for police help. They had to have that because they needed to call local police sometimes if they ran into serious trouble.

We made a selection of young people and gave them a very, very difficult examination, an I.Q. examination, a written examination. We made the most extensive studies into their character and reputation and reorganized the whole thing on a very fine basis. We told them that among their duties they were not only to apprehend and prevent illegal entry, but to be of service to the community. They did really a magnificent job. Instead of being the most hated people along the Mexican and Canadian borders as they used to be, they've become a very much respected and liked group. Of course, for that very reason they get more help from the local inhabitants in the way of information than they could before when they were sort of dreaded and disliked.

MacCormack put the naturalization and immigration together into one service, and did a fine, technical job. The thing moved smoothly. He died in office before the war, perhaps 1939.

The next thing was the Employment Service. I washed it out completely, dismissed nearly everybody in the outfit. Then we passed the Wagner-Peyser Act which established a U.S. Employment Service by statute and laid down the degree