I have great respect forthis committee and for its chairman. The committee is composed of capable and conscientious men. and I have no doubt that they have endeavored to present a measure representing the best thought of which they are capable. but with all due respect. I can not see why a man who can not meet the literacy test should be permitted to come in because he has been made. a victim.of religious persecution in his native land. and yet in the case of another man who has perhaps been made the victim of even a harsher persecution for political reasons. should be excluded. nor can I understand. along the same line of reasoning. why one who has been persecuted solely because of the race he belongs to should be excluded. Mr. President. there are numerous instances in history where men have arisen in some organized form and fought battles for the sake of liberty and for the enjoyment of larger rights and privileges. even imperiling their lives in the struggle.
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