Fillmore Progress | 1915-01-15 | Page 7 | Conferees Reject Changes

CONFEREES REJECT CHANGES do not favor exempting belgians from literacy test wash washington ington I 1 louse house and senate conferees on amendments to the immigration bill has agreed to eliminate the senate provi provisions sious barring negroes and exempting belgian farmers from the tha literacy test and certain other requirements all other differences boub substantial were and the perfected bill will next bv be presented to both houses for final passage before it goa goes to the president who will hold public hearings on the literacy test before deciding whether to sign or veto it