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Show ALIEN BILL IS PASSED Measure Bitterly Opposed Op-posed and Declared Un-American Washington, Ian 18 -The compromise compro-mise Murnett-Dllllneham immigration bill, including: a literacy lest lor al lens, was paswed b the house late yesterdav after opponents of the measure had kept the house In a parlia mcntary turmoil for six hours. The bill finally passed without a ro;; call, although every stage of its progress prog-ress had been opposed. The fight against the measi.re centered cen-tered upon the provision that would exclude subjects of countries issuing Certificates Representative l.enroot of Wisconsin. Sabbath oi Illinois and Moore of Pennsylvania contended that through ihU provision am country might keep its citizens from entering enter-ing the United States by rotusin2 them certificates of character On a final motion by Representative Hartholdt of Missouri to recommit the bill and have this provision struck out bj the conference committee, the opponents of the provision lost, 70 to 149. Representative Sabbath, In attaining attain-ing the measure characterized n as the most vicious, unAmorlcan and un -democratic bill ever presented to this bouse ' |