Unskilled labor is necessary to skilled labor. What we must determine is whether a man or woman is honest and healthy. and not whether he or she is able to read 40 or 50 words to the satisfaction of an inspector. I am opposed to the bill on account of the literacy test. Illiteracy is not necessarily a lack of education. in that all education is not derived from books. Are we not placing a penalty on those who had no opportunity for schooling. which was the case with hundreds of thousands who came to America and who contributed so materially to the welfare of the country?
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