President. before that motion is put. if the bill is going back to conference. I hope the conferees will not overlook the other point which was brought up by the Senator from Wisconsin and which. it seents to me. is very worthy of consideration. I refer to the point which lie made in regard to limiting the age at which children may be brought into this country by their parents and under which only the sons under 16 years of age can be brought into this country. unless they can pass the literacy test. I have had recently one or two very sad and deplorable cases brought to my attention. where parents who are in this country have attempted to bring in their children. One case in particular occurs to me. of a young girl. perhaps 10 or 11 years old. who under the operation of the present law. if in the charity of thc Secretary of Commerce and Labor it had not been interpreted very liberally. would have been sent back to Europe under conditions which seemed to ine almost equivalent to murder.
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