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President. I want to read to the Senate a letter that I have just received from the president of the National Farmers Union and the secretary of tile union. It is dated March 15. 1912. and is addressed to myself: Inclosed please find the statement of our committees spokesman before the House Committee on ImmigrationThey refer to Mr. Brooks. who is the head of the legislative committee of the farmers union. located at Washington. and who a few days ago appeared before the House Committee on Immigration and made a very exhaustive and. I think. a very illuminating statement in favor of an illiteracy test amendmentInclosed plcase find the statement of our committees spokesman before the House Committee on Immigration. We beg to call this and also Senate Document No. 251 to your attention in connection with Senate bill No. 3175. now on the Senate calendar and to be voted upon next Monday. These two documents fully explain our interest and attitude with reference to this. legislation. They show that interest and attitude to be deepseated and of long standing. From these documents you will see that our organization and its extensive membership are unalterably opposed to section 3.1 of the bill extending the work of the socalled division of information. and that we have been for a number of years urging the enactment of the very legislation. such as the educational test. recently recommended by the congressional Immigration Commission. This lefter is signed. as I said. by Mr. Charles S.