Mr. President. If I Intended. as was suggested to me some time ago by a man in high office. that the immigrant coming from abroad should be a commercial asset. as the labor of this country seems doomed to be. and by virtue of his ignorance I could make such immigrant docile. I would vote for the elimination of. the literacy test. * As the Senator suggests. I have known negro.es .who. by .vlrtue of. their inability to- read.and -write. were as docile. as my broken horse. I have known negroes who when they came to read and write were not so amenable to the domination of the white man. and for.that very reason I prefer to have men who can qualify to take a place in the great struggle to build up this country and who by virtue of their ability to read and write are somewhat familiar with the actual facts of history as they relate to the different nations of the earth.
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Immigrants are characterized as being docile due to their ignorance.