Smith, George Ross, 1864-1952 to A.G. Johnson

GLC09518.03

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GLC#
GLC09518.03-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1914
Author/Creator
Smith, George Ross, 1864-1952
Title
to A.G. Johnson
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 26.9 cm, Width: 20.4 cm
Primary time period
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
Sub-Era
The Politics of Reform

In reply to Johnson's telegram, Smith details his opposition to the Burnett Bill especially the measure for illiteracy testing. "I believe in keeping out the crazed, the diseased, the defective… but I do not believe in excluding on the mere ground of illiteracy the honest, healthy, industrious immigrant, who stirred by ambition comes to our shores to better his own condition…"

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