Mr. Chairman. that which is sought to be amended is the committee substitute. which provides solely for an illiteracy test. Now the gentleman from California proposes to anend that illiteracy test by providing a test ba. sed oi a question of eligibility for naturalization in the United States. If the Chair will turn to page 454 of volume 5 of Hinds Precedents. at the bottom of the page he will find section 5870. which reads as follows: 5870. To a provision excluding immigrants unable to read and write and requiring a certificate with each Immigrant admitted. an amendment to exclude all foreignborn laborers was held not to be germane. Even without that decision. which relates to a matter on all fours with the question now before us. it seems to me that under general parliamentary law the situation is clear enough. To amend an illiteracy test by superimposing a test relating to nathralization is surely a linking together of unrelated subjects.
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