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Calendar No. 83WL
CONGRESS, SENATE.
~dSession.
WHITE-SLAVE TRAFFIC.
JuNE 21, 1910.-Ordered to be printed.
Mr. LODGE (for /fr. DILLINGHAM), from the Committee on Immigra-
tion, submitted the following
REPORT.
[To accompany H. R. 12315.]
In the following report the committee has incorporated practically
all of the report of the majority of the House committee upon this
bill; but the arrangement of paragraphs has been changed in many
instances, and new matter has been added, including an argument by
Senator Brown.
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL.
Most of the provisions of the bill are based upon the power of Con-
gress over interstate and foreign commerce. In the second section
of the bill it is made a crime for anyone to knowingly transport in
interstate or foreign commerce any woman or girl for the purpose of
prostitution or for the purpose of inducing, enticing, or compelling a
woman to become a prostitute; and in the same section it is also made
a crime for anyone to knowingly procure a ticket to be used by a
woman in interstate or foreign commerce going to a place- for the
purpose of prostitution, whereby such woman shall be actually trans-
ported in interstate or foreign commerce, or in any Territory, or the
District of Columbia.
Section 3 of the bill makes it a crime for any person to knowingly
persuade, induce, entice, or coerce any woman or girl to go from
one State to another for the purpose of prostitution, and who shall
thereby knowingly cause such woman to go or be transported as a
passenger upon the line of any common carrier in interstate or for-
eign commerce.
Section 4 applies only to a girl under the age of 18 years, and is
practically the same as section 3, except that it makes a higher
penalty apply to the crime of leading a girl under 18 to become a
prostitute and transporting her in interstate commerce for that
purpose. The provisions of section 2 of the bill make the crime,
first, to knowingly transport, and, second, to knowingly furnish a
passenger ticket for transportation for the purpose of prostitution,
when accompanied by the use of such ticket in interstate or foreign
commerce. Section 3 makes the crime to knowingly persuade, induce,](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.peggy/whtslvfr0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)