So also by these intelligence tests were the officers selected from the various training camps of our country. The intelligence rating was useful in indicating the mans probable value in the service. and the records of many of these soldiers and officers during the war substantiate the accuracy of the tests. If. the intelligence test could be applied to all foreign born. either abroad or when they reach this country. the undesirable would not be able to pass our inspectors and could be detected and debarred. If these tests were made in the Army with results that were confirmed by actual record. why. with restricted immigration. can not these tests be applied to those who seek to enter this country? A broad line of demarcation could be established between those who should be debarred and those who should be admitted to this country. It is my firm belief that such intelligence tests will provide the only remedy toward the elimination of the criminal and the undesirable from the ranks of the immigrants seeking admission into the United States. and that It is the true rule of determining what additional immigrants should come here. The immigration problem is one of vital interest to the American people. The United States stands for what. in Its judgment. is the highest and best civilization in the world. Surely the United States Congress. rather than the British Parliament. has the right to determine who shall be admitted and the method and manner of such admissions to our country.
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Undesirable immigrants can be detected and debarred using intelligence tests.