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gave in a recent speech. the proposed immigration bill would not abolish the present selective system of immigration but would actually increase selectivity. "Immigrants to be admitted would still have to pass the rigid selective admission requirements as to mental and physical health. good moral character. Uteracy. that they are not likely to become a public charge. and that they are not a security risk." Par from increasing the number of immigrants "threefold." as Mr. MILLER is reported to have predicted. expert estimates are that the bill would not increase immigration more than 15 percent. from 306.260 admitted in 1963 to approximately 350.000." the letter continued. The signators pointed out that President Eisenhower during his term of office repeatedly called on Congress to amend the immigration law and they urged Mr. MILLER not to make a partisan issue out of immigration during the present campaign. The text of the letter to Congressman MILLER was made public by the American Immigration and Citizenship Conference. of which all the signatory groups are members. The Honorable WILLIAM E. MILLER.