I will say to my colleague from Alabama I think that is right. I did not go into the discussion of how we should restrict the immigration at this time. because I did not care to go into the discussion of a bill which I introduced and that passed the House at one time. but was defeated in the Senate. I think there are but two ways to meet the question. One is along the line of the bill I offered some years ago. which provided for an educational test. in that way I think we will get the best class of immigrants from the different countries. It required that each immigrant should be able to read and write some portion of the Constitution of the United States. The other was to increase the head tax. as my colleague has suggested. and I do not think $25 is too high at allthe amount lie has put in his bill. The most undesirable class of immigrants that we have today. of which there is a large number. is the assisted immigrant. That is an immigrant who has his way paid for him by somebody else. The assisted immigrant is a weak immigrant. We want the strong. When you put the head tax high you will eliminate the weak. and only the strong will come.
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Assisted immigrants are weak.