I believe every criminal. and. every scoundrel and white slaver can. pass the illiteracy testbut If it does keep out undesirables. those are certainly not the wife and minor children of a citizen of the United States. When we have allowed a man to walk up . before a court of Justice in this country. raise his hand. and swear to support the Constitution of the United States.. he makes - this country his home and this flag his flag. and his wife and his children are under the same flag whether they can read or write or not. I can not see any justice In having a man keep a family in Europe perpetually excluded from coming into this country because of some literacy test which we have to keep out a certain number of undesirables. He has the right. if he Is an American citizen. to bring In his wife and family. and I cfn not see any reason why those should be excluded. and I trust our conferees. when they come to this item. will not agree to the Senate amendment and exclude that language. [Cries of "Vote ! "]
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