Speech #540118144

Now. of the 31.885 who came from Germany. all but 713 could read and write. Of the 8.855 who came from Norway. all but 57 could read and write. Of the 21.177 who came from Sweden. all but 146 could read and write. Of the 19.492 who came from England. they could all read and write but 757. And of the 40.262 who came from Ireland. all but 2.473 could read and write. So that if this conference report had been the law during the last fiscal year. out of a total of 121.671 immigrants who came from Germany. Norway. Sweden.