Chairman. I confess I can not understand the mental processes which have brought such a proposal before this House. I am aware. sir. the gentleman from Colorado insists that he aims merely to improve the quality of our citizenship and the quality of immigration to this country. while gentlemen who agree with him say that we should welcome good immigrants. that we can not have too many of them. Then. sir. in the name of common sense. of right thinking. of profitable. not to say reasonable. discussion let us know what is meant by a "good immigrant." I believe. sir. that we do not want linguists. but we do want laborers. I do not think we need men skillful in dialectics. but we do need men efficient in wielding implements of production. Strike out this section. and I will gladly agree to a provision which. instead of providing a ridiculous 77:73 educational test. which can not operate to exclude the really undesirable. will establish an industrial test so thorough that anyone who meets it will have proved himself an efficient laborer. and. therefore. a useful citizen.
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