Davis County Clipper | 1914-02-20 | Page 2 | Literacy Test Will Kill Burnett Immigration Bill

LITERACY TEST WILL KILL BURNETT immigration BILL announcement made that president wilson will veto the measure if it Is passed washington president will veto the burnett immigration b bill ill it if it comes to him tor for his signature with the so bo called literacy test contained in it this became known from an authoritative source monday after chairman smith of the senate immigration committee bad anjou announced cd that the bill virtually as it passed the house including the literacy test would be favorably reported to the senate soon prospects are that the bill will pass the senate as reported from the committee but the measure never will become law according to close friends of the president PresIde nL the president does not consider literacy a test of character and believes some other means should be devised to prevent undesirable aliens from entering the united states