Speaker. the Committee on the Judiciary is conducting hearings on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 . Yesterday I testified before the committee and recommended a number of amendments to strengthen the bill so that it would reach every barrier to the franchise. I urged the committee to abolish completely the literacy test which has been used to disenfranchise American citizens in both the South and the North. I have introduced H.R. 2477 to outlaw literacy tests. I pointed out that the literacy test in New York State prevents many Spanishspeaking citizens from registering to vote. In equity and justice Congress should abolish it. Today the Honorable Herman Badillo.
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