Mr. President. I shall detain the Senate only long enough to state a proposition. The bill as reported providesThat the following classes of persons shall be exempt from the operation of the illiteracy test. to wit: All aliens who shall prove to the satisfaction of the proper Immigration officers or to the Secretary of Labor that they emigrated from the country of which they were last permanent residents solely for the purpose of escaping from religious persecution. To that is added. by the amendment. words which would includa those who are fleeing from political persecution or racial persecution. Mr. President. either the clause in the bill ought to be stricken out or this amendment should be adopted. in my humble judgment.
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