Smith, George Ross, 1864-1952 to A.G. Johnson
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09518.03 Author/Creator: Smith, George Ross, 1864-1952 Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter signed Date: 1914 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 26.9 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy
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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