AMERICAN IMMIGRATION.
THE LITERACY TEST VETOED. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright Received 17, 10 p.m. Washington, February 17. It is announced that President Wilson will veto Burnett's Immigration Bill unless the literacy test is eliminated. The Senate Immigration Committee had arranged a favorable report on the Bill, including the literacy test. Later, Senator Smith conferred with the President, and it is understood that President Wilson did not consider literacy any character test. He believes that other means of barring undesirables ought to be devised.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 197, 18 February 1914, Page 5
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83AMERICAN IMMIGRATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 197, 18 February 1914, Page 5
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