Mr. President. as a Russian by birth. an immigrant by compulsion. and an American by choice. I am here today in the name of the Independent Order of Brith Abraham. a fraternal organization that has 200.000 paying members. and as president of the Hebrew Sheltering Immigrant Aid Society. an organization which spends considerable sums of money for the Americanization of Jewish immigrants. and for the purpose of preventing congestion in the larger cities. to protest against this attempt that is being made in the passage of this immigration bill before you for consideration. to reverse the timehonored policy of this Nation. We believe that the greatness of this country has een produced in a large measure. and almost in every respect. by the immigrants who have sought opportunities here denied to them at home. Many have come here fleeing from religious persecution . others have come here fleeing from political persecution. Whatever their motives have been. they have come here and have assimilated with Americans . have taken part. in time of peace. in building up this Nation to what it is. and have been every ready to shed their blood whenever this Nation called them to the front. Mr. President. not only is there an attempt to adopt the literacy test but there is something new injected Into the law. of which even the lawmakers themselves who have passed it are unable to explain the meaning. " Persons of constitutional psychopathic inferiority " are to be sent back. I have been looking carefully over all the medical books. I have consulted men of science. men who have given this subject careful thought. and not one was able to give me a definition.
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