LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF

a department of the United States Government, the secretary of which is a member of the President’s Cabinet. The Bureau of Labor was originally created in 1888, and was under the Department of the Interior. In 1903 it was transferred to the Department of Commerce and Labor. Under an Act of Congre , pa ed in 1913, it was made a separate department. Since then it has included a Labor Bureau, the Bureau of Immigration, the Bureau of Naturalization, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Children’s Bureau, the Women’s Bureau and the Bureau of Industrial Housing. One of the chief functions of the Department is to investigate industrial conditions and gather statistics, especially in. fields involved in strikes or other disputes between capital and labor, the results of which are i ued to the public in monthly bulletins. Through the Bureau of Immigration, which maintains local offices in all ports of entry, the immigration laws are enforced. The Bureau of Naturalization keeps records of all declarations of intentions and applications for citizenship. The Children’s Bureau gathers statistics on infant mortality, child life, juvenile courts, delinquency, etc., while the Woman's Bureau makes a study of state legislation in regard to women in industry. In 1924 the Secretary of Labor was James J. Davis, of Pennsylvania.