Mr. President. it must be apparent to Senators who have studied the bill. the context and the succeeding paragraph. thatwere the amendments proposed by the Senators from Missouri. Colorado. and New Yorlc adopted by the Senate it would be tantamount to nullifying the effect of the literacy test. The Senator from Missouri knows well enough that. as he himself indicated. the words " religion or religious persecutiol" are very flexible. and that a designing person might use them to come in. The exceptions. I suspect. would be few. but. at any rate. a provision couched in such language might be abused. It is certain that the law. if we propose to restrict immigration. will not be in anywise* strengthened or the class of citizens coming here in anywise bettered by including political and racial persecution. stretching wide the doors. and multiplying the opportunities for abuse.
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