Speech #630133046

Atanytimeduring said period of 30 days any person dissatisfied with the ruling may appeal to the district court of the United States of the district into which the labor is sought to be brought. which court or the judge thereof In vacation shall have jurisdiction to try de novo such question of necessity. and the decision in such court shall be final. Such appeal shall opetate as a supersedeas: Provided further. That the provisions of this law applicable to contract labor shall not be held to exclude professional actors. artists lecturers. singers. ministers of any religious denomination. professors for colleges or seminaries. persons belonging to any recognized learned profession. or persons employed strictly as personal or domestic servants: Provided ftrther. That whenever the resident shall 1be satisfied that passports issued by any foreign Govenment to its citizens or subjects to go to any country other than the United States. or to aay insular possession of the United States or to the Canal Zone. are being used for the purpose of enabling the holder to come to the continental territory of the United States to the detriment of labor conditions therein. the President shall refuse to permit such citizens or subjects of the country Issuing such passports to enter tbe continental territory of the United States from such other country or from such insular possessions or from the Canal Zone: rovided firther. That nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent. hinder. or restrict any alien exhibitor. or holder of a concession or privilege for any fair or exposition authorized by act of Congress. from bringing Into the United States. under contract.esuch alien mechanics. artisans. agenis. or other employees. natives of his country. as ny be necessary for installing or conducting his exhibit or for preparing for installing or conducting any business authorized or permitted under any concession or privilege which may have been or may be granted by any such fair or exposition in connection therewith. under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner General of Immigration. with the approval of the Secretary of Labor. may prescribe both as to the admission and return of such persons: Provided further. That nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to accredited officials of foreign Governments. nor to their suites. fnmilies. or guests: Provided fuithcr. That nothing in this act shall exclude the wife or minor children of a citizen of the United States. It will be observed that that provision of the bill relating to the literacy test excludes from entry into the United StatesAll aliens over 16 years of age. physically capable of reading. who fan not read the English language. or some other language or dialect. including Hebrew or Yiddish: Provided. That any admissible alien or any alien heretofore or hereafter legally admitted. or any citizen of the Uited States. may bring in or send for his father or grandfather over 55) years of age. his wife. his mother. his grandmother. or his unmarried daughter. if otherwise admissible. whether relative can read or not. and such relative shall be permitted to enter. IJis literacy test for the purpose of preventing objectionable foreigners from coming to this country is not a new proposition. ais I have already observed. Not only have political parties in their national platforms specially declared for it. but Congress itself has unequivocally indorsed it. The House. in the Fiftyfourth Congress. passed such a measure by the decisive vote of 195 to 20. while the Senate passed it by a vote of 52 to 10. That literacytest bill would have become a law but for the veto of President Cleveland. In the Fiftyfifth Congress an immigration bill again passed the Senate. which carried a literacytest provision. by a vote of 45 to 28. In the Fiftyseventh Congress an illiteracytest amendment to an immigration bill passed the House by the sweeping majority of 87 to 7. The fact is that at no time in the history of the country has a literacytest provision in any immigration bill ever been defeated by either House of Congress. Upon the contrary. such a provision has invariably been passed by decisive majorities when the question was submitted to a vote. And the various votes by both Houses of Congress on this subject is but a reflection of public opinion on the question.