President Wilson has assured Andrew Furuseth, president of the
International Seamen’s Union, that the so-called involuntary servitude
bill will be enacted at the present session of Congress. No hearings
will probably be had, as Congress already has information on the subject
from various angles. This bill passed the House of Representatives at
the last session, but was so much altered by the Senate that the
President vetoed it. This measure is one of the list of fifteen measures
of social legislation the support of which was urged upon President
Wilson by a number of social workers.