M r. LOBECK. I am opposed to the literacy test as ex. pressed In this bill. I believe that the test for honesty should be made at the source. I believe we should determine on the other side of the water. before the intending immigrant embarks on the steamship for our shores. whether he will be fit morally to become an inhabitant of this country and make a good. honest citizen. We have the necessary machinery to do the work through our Consular Service. I believe that honesty. a good record. properly verified to by the offic:als from whence the immigrants come and presented to the United States officials for approval before being permitted to take passage on vessels coming to our ports of entry. Is by far a better test than the socalled literacy test to secure a good citizenship for the United States. I am the son of foreignborn parents. born In Illinois. My. father came to this country because he could not agree with a monarchy in his own. and my mother and her family came to this country to find a home.
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