Speaker. having supported the bill now pending before the House. I shall now vote to pass it. the veto of the President notwithstanding. The necessity of some character of restriction to keep from our shores undesirable classes of immigrants has been growing more apparent from year to year. as the records have disclosed an annually increasing number of arrivals at our ports. Variotis methods have been proposed to solve the problem during the decade that I have been a Member of this body. In 1907 Congress provided for the appointment of a commission to make a thorough study of the entire question. At that time a bill providing a literacy test was pending. Before adopting this plan the House desired that a thorough investigation of the whole subject should be made. This commission was composed of three Members of the Senate. three Members of the House. and three others not Members of Congress.
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