| Show I Let People Decide IT rr the thc people of 0 this counti country havo have mado up their minds to limit th Ih the number number num nurn- ber of or Immigrants I h by arbitrary te tests testa and to so tO reverse rc the time policy of oC all 01 th the tho genera genera- tons of Americans that have ha gone sono on before them U It I Is ha their right to do so w. I am mn their servant and arid have hn e no rio license to stand tanI in iii their way hut But lut I do not believe e that the they lacy ha have vc I respectfully submit that tha t no noone noone noone one cars can quote their mandate to that r Cf- Cf ef- ef f- f feet Has any political party part ever er e avowed n a poll pulley policy of restriction in ira this fundamental matter maler gone to the country countr on It and mind been commissioned to control its Is I legislation legis I lation laUon Docs Does this bill bi rest upon the conscious conscious conscious con con- and universal assent and desire desira of or ortho tho the American people I doubt douht It I. I It ItIs ItIs I Is because I 1 doubt It that I make uke bold bol to dissent from It I. I I am willing to abide h by tho the verdict verdict but not until It I has been rendered Let the platforms of or parties partes speak out upon this policy and thc the people pronounce their wish The matter mater Is too fundamental to be settled otherwise otherie I 1 ha have hae e no rio pride of C opinion on this question Cueston I am not not foolish enough to profess to know knoW the thc wishes and amid Ideals Idels of ot America Ameria better leter than the time bod body of her chosen representatives know them I Ionly Ionly only want instruction direct from those whose fortunes with lh ours and all 31 mens menUs aro Involved Message Evokes Evoke Applause Tho r reading n of tho the message evoked applause applause applause ap ap- ap- ap on tho the Democratic side and from some Republicans At SAt the proper time said ld Representative tive U Burnett Buret chairman of or the thc Immigration lion tion ton committee I 1 1 shall move a reconsideration recon recon- of CC the theote vote ote by which tho the bill bi pl passed cl the lie house and that It be passed Oer O'er over the time presidents president's veto I do not de desire desire tie tie- sire snap judgment on an anybody bod No 10 one who Ca favors or this bill LI has had on any tips when this mc message s o would come In In The message In Itself In Ira Ha ito It four Cour corners gives gh-eH good reason why the bill should come law renon bi b be become become be- be The Tho veto menage was referred to the te Immigration committee front from rom which Chairman Burnett said ho would ask to have a n report to the house one ono week from rom today The Thc veto will wili wi not come be before before be- be fore rare the time senate senate until It has been acted acte upon i n the tho house Tho rime literacy test teat would provide that all ni aliens alens over 16 1 years of or age physically phI cally caly capable of ot reading who cannot read the English lan language u e or some somo other language lan Ian Jn guage e or dialect Including Hebrew or Yiddish shall be excluded from rom tho United States Exempted however arc are those who prove pro they emigrated to e es escape escape es- es cal cape religious persecution History of or Measures The bill bi also alo proposes that any Immigrant grant nt who advocates destruction of or KJ al property property prop prop- crt erty or resistance to law and nd order bo be debarred or deported within five years of or his hla admission Tho The senate passed thc the bill bil CO 50 0 to 7 7 a.- a. though thirty nine nine thiry-nine senators were h a- a nt or not voting The bill bi originating In the house hous passed there thero to one OM vote short of 0 two five Fifty representatives 8 however did not vote When It I came to final passage however on agreement on disputed amendments the house vote oto was 2 7 to 9 94 with not voting oln Senator Martins Martin's motion moton to strike out oat I tho ho literacy te test t was defeated 47 H to 1 12 I |
