So I say that many of the men who built this country. who came here when the country needed men who could shoot as well as men who could read and write. proved to be the bulwark of the institutions of this country and helped to build it up. Now. shall we say: " Our people came here. some of them could not read and write. but now that we have come here. now that we have enjoyed these opportunities. there is no more room for any others. and we shall have to close down the gates. We got here. but we are not going to let any others get in here." Three different Presidents. I believe. have vetoed this very provision in immigration bills. President Wilson has vetoed it twice. Each and every one of them has said that this is a departure from our oldtime policy.
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