Exhaustive hearings were had. In reporting the commission was unanimous that some method of restriction was necessary. As I recalland I think the gentleman from Massachusetts so stated upon the floor yesterdayeight of the nine members of the commission advocated a literacy test. The President in his veto message declares that he knows of no desire on the part of theAmerican people for this character of law. My experience in this House has taught me that when a measure passes this body by an overwhelming vote it is In response to a welldefined public sentiment throughout the United States. Upon two occasions a literacy test has .passed this House by an overwhelming vote. I maintain there can be no better or more accurate test of public sentiment throughout the country than shown by a majority vote of the Members of Congress representing every section. and. who are responsible to the people of their various districts for their every act. Yes. and I have found that the Members of this House are quicker to detect public sentiment than any other :body or individual in the country.
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