Chairman. I am in favor of keeping out the criminal. the insane. and mentally defective. the diseased and morally unfit. the pauper and those incapable of earning a living. but I can not be so blind. so unjust. so unAmerican. as to vote for a provision that will keep out of this country a good. healthy. moral. and upright man for the simple reason he can not read some language. The literacy test is no test at all. Never anywhere except here have I heard it argued that inability to read is a badge or a sign of bad character or bad morals. Just because a man can not read does not mean that he is a bad man.
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