Mr. Chairman. !i this bill the literacy test seems to be beyond question the one bone of contention. This test. as far as we can find out. has been in one way or another before this House and the other branch of the legislature some 17 times. It has been thoroughly discussed from every possible viewpoint in the last two Congresses. I can not add any new information to the debate. but merely tell you from my angle that which you yourselves (10 know. My "other could neither read nor write. But I warrant that had the spirit which burned within her Irish breast desired to enter this country it would not have been brooked by tile petty test of -learning to read 30 words in her own language. [Applause.
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