Mr. Speaker. the President in his1ressage vetoing this bill. in speaking of the literacy test. employed the following language: Restrictions like these. adopted earlier In our history as a nation. would very materially have altered the course and cooled the humane ardors.of our politics. That is true. Mr. Speaker. but the American Government of today is unlike the American Government of yesterday. Conditions prevailed then not only In this country but in other countries very much different from now. New and changed conditions have made necessary new and changed laws. What was the situation in the formative period of this Government?
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