The letter was read and referred to the Committee oit lilnigration. as follows: CICAGO. March 9. 1914. lion. ASLE 3. GnosA. United States Scnate. Washington. D. C. My DEAF. SENATOR: There Is now pending in the United States Senate. for concurrence. a bill restricting imlmigration. known as the Burnett bill. recently passed by Congress. Oe of the clauses of the said bill requires the application of tile literacy test to our imatigrants as a condition precedent to landing. This clause is unfair. unjust. and unreasonable. and if adopted will work greater injury than good to this country. My father came to this country in the early sixties.
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