Edward Corsi, Immigration Commissioner at Ellis Island since 1931, will continue on with his work there with the new title of Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, despite his announcement on Wednesday of his resignation.
He was induced to reconsider his action by Secretary of Labor, Miss Frances Perkins, who telephoned him from Washington and persuaded him to remain to guide the station through the reorganization by the Presidential order merging the Immigration Bureau and the Naturalization Bureau here.
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