Mr. Speaker. if there- ist anything good at all in the literdcy test in this bill. it is that another body has stricken out the lines in the amendment numbered 19: I want to say that I am unalterably opposed to the literacy test in the bill. and -I want to bring before the. House a few liertinent facts. Mr. Speaker. literacy. which is merely an ability to read and write. has been made an idol and a bugaboo by a number of people in this. country. who I am willing to: believe are sincere. but who I am convinced are neither profound thinkers nor passable logicians. for. as a matter of fact. based on the experience. and history of this and every other country. literacy is not a measure of character nor a test of fitness for citizenship..
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