Mr. President. the petition of the immigrant sets out very fully his whole history. including the information that lie can read and wrile. When it comes to the certificate of the consul. It Is not necessary to state all the details which are contained in the petition. It would involve a great deal of consular work. and so forth. So it wag the idea of the committee. upon full considerationand. I think. after pome representations from the State Department to that effectthat the consular certificate Itself should only recite certain main facts. but the provislon is there that the immigrant must read and write. Altr. REEl) of Pennsylvania.
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