While I do not like to interrupt the Senator. I should like to speak of the literacy test simply from the standpoint of my experience. For more than 25 years I have had a great deal to. do with naturalization. The aliens of all countries. in large numbers. have frequently come before me for naturalization. It has been my duty to examine them individually. I have always made character the test. never the mere fact that the applicant could read or write. From my own experience extending over a generation. seeing. these men face to face. and examining them critically as to all the facts of their lives. I have reached. the unalterable conclusion. that a literacy test. of any character is absolutely insufficient. unfair. and unjust. For this reason. based upon my long experience. I can not conscientiously bring my mind to vote for any such unAmerican. unfair. and unjust test.
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