Ask yourselves whether this bill is not really a step backward. Surely. sir. this is no partisan measure. Two Presidents of the United States have already expressed their dissatisfaction with the literacy tests. Another. a great scholar himself. after most careful- consideration. has followed their example. . Our duty. as it seems to me. is absolutely. clear in the premises. and I sincerely hope that tie Members of this House. of whatever party. however much they. may have hesitated up to the present moment. may consider the reasons assigned by the Chief Executive of this Nation compelling his veto of this.bill. and that America. through- its Congress. will declare to the aspiring immigrant. and through him to the world. that it is national character alone that makes a nation.
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