Mr. President. there is one clause in this bill so very bad that it ought in itself to move the Senate to reject the whole niensure. To present this briefly. let me read from the letter of Secretary Nagel to the President: In some measure the group system is adoptedthat is. one qualified immigrant may bring in certain members- of his familybut the effect seems to be that it qualified alien may bring in members of is family who may themselves be disqualified. whereas a disqualified member would exclude all dependent members of his family. no matter how well qualified they might otherwise be. In other words. a father who can read a dialect might bring in an entire family of absolutely illiterate people. barring his sons over 16 years of age. whereas a father who can not read a dialect would bring about the exclusion of his entire family. although every one of them can read and write. Senators. think of that. I favor that clause of this povision. that is. if the literacy test remains in the bill. which provides that when the father can read be can bring in his family. except I do not agree to the provision that his sons over 16 years of age and under 21 shall be excluded any more than that his daughters over 16 years of age shall be excluded. This question of excluding sons over 16. while admitting daughters. was before the Senate when tihe prelinilnary report oif the conference comitmittee wNas made soite weeks ago and was tihen discussed. The Senator from Massachusetts [Mr.
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