I did not say that a person might be mentally defective and yet earn a living. flowever. I do not desire to discuss that phase of the question longer. but simply to add the testimony of a member of the splendid profession of which the Senator from Oregon is also a member. Some of the leading physicians in New York arid Massachusetts. as well as in the Northern and New England States. have compiled statistics to show that the Increase of insanity among immigrants is appalling. and has beconme a tremendous burden upon the taxpayers of the States in which are located the large ports where these immigrants come. In order that the immigration officials might have ample authority of law to reject anyone who has in him a hereditary taint that might at any time reproduce itself it a violent form. they incorporated in the bill this term. so very appalling and startling to the layman. " constitutional psychopathic inferiority." With the permission of the Senate. I should like to read a statement from Dr. Sahnon. of the National Committee for Mental Hygiene. explanatory of a quite lengthy document that has been sent in. using very numerous technical terms. all of which I am quite sure are to the point when properly understood. At any rate. I take it for granted that these physicians. who came in contact with the appalling conditions that the committee were convinced exist in the hospitals of the insane and mentally defective in the States and in the places to which I have referred. have collaborated with the committee in order to protect to the fullest possible extent the continuance of this very burdensome and dangerous immigration. Dr. Salmon says:
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Insanity among immigrants is appalling and a tremendous burden on taxpayers.