Mr. Chairman. I do not object to reasonable restrictions upon the numbers of immigrants. They should not be allowed to come in faster than they can be assimilated. and the fact that in all our great cities they are segregated in Italian quarters and Jewish quarters and Slav and Hungarian quarters. maintaining the same habits and modes of living that they brought with them. shows they have been coming too fast. The facts show. too. that our laws have been too lax. admitting people of bad character. But while I believe that as a matter of prudence we should restrict the number. I believe also that we should scrutinize more carefully the character of those admitted. and I do not believe that a mere "literacy test" will properly restrict the number nor furnish any sufficient guaranty of the character of those admitted.
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Immigrants are described as segregating themselves and maintaining old habits, implying a failure to assimilate.