This would enable any alien now in this country. or who may hereafter come and be admitted under the provisions of this bill. to send for those of his family whom he has left behind and to bring them in. whether they can read 30 or 40 words or not. because under the bill they would not be required to perform this task. We therefore find that practically any member of a. fsimily who can read in his owni language a few words can bring in the members of his family who can not do so. and which. I believe. would cover almost any person who desires to be admitted and who is not prohibited under the provisions of the present immigration laws. The literacy test is not new in this country. Our very naturalization law requires that a man must be able to speak the English language. and the very State from which the able and distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts comes requires that a man must be able to sign his name and read tie constitution of the State of Massachusetts before he can register and be qualified to vote and take part in the affairs of that State.
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