Show LITERACY TEST IS RETAINED IN BILL W WASHINGTON March 1 27 The The lit literacy literacy lit lit- erac test was kept in the immigration bill by t the e house working in committee commit commit- tee of ot the whole today loday by a vote ole ote of 22 to 82 which defeated a motion by Representative Representative Sabbath of Illinois to strike it out The question comes up again when the house votes on the bill blU billas billas as a whole An amendment to e exempt empt from th the literacy test persons coming to this country to escape either religious or political persecution was rejected to 43 48 The bill as drawn would exempt only persons persecuted for tor religious beliefs bf |