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Finally. Mr. President. I should like to talk about the constitutional amendment which I have introduced to make English the official language of the United States. Recently. the Census Bureau released figures to show that recent immigrants from Latin America are learning English at about the same rate of speed as other immigrant groups. A Los Angeles Times editorial. "Reassurance. In Any Language." of May 26. 1982. comments on this finding as an argument against my proposed constitutional amendment to make English the official language of the United States. The editorial also says that there is no comparison between the FrenchEnglish split in Canada and a possible SpanishEnglish split in the United States.