That amendment was one introduced by Mr. UNDERWOOD. of Alabama. the present Democratic leader of the House. and which in substance and effect was identical with the amendment which I have offered and to which I am now -addressing myself. .Mr..President. I need not take the time of the Senate in reading the many recommendations of the Commissioner General of Immigration upon this subject or those of Commissioner William Williams. stationed at Ellis Island. New York City. our chief immigration port. who is thrown more directly in contact with the newly arrived immigrant than anyone else in the country. for the Senate knows and the country knows how persistentiy the immigration officials. whose duty it is to administer our immigration laws. have advocated and recommended to Congress legislation of this character. When the pgesent immigration law was pending before the Senate in 19006. I offered an amendment providing for an educational test. which. with certain modifications suggested by the Senator from Massachusetts and accepted by myself. was adopted by the Senate. That i the last time the Senate acted upon this subject. an investigation Intervening.
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