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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09518.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1910s |
| Title | Letter from George Ross Smith to A. G. Johnson regarding the immigration bill |
| Date | 16 January 1914 |
| Author | Smith, George Ross (1864-1952) |
| Recipient | Johnson A. G. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | 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…" |
| Subjects | Immigration and Migration Government and Civics |
| People | Smith, George Ross (1864-1952) Johnson A. G. (fl. 1914) |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Related documents | Letter from Frederick Clement Stevens to A. G. Johnson regarding the immigration bill Letter from James Manahan to A. G. Johnson regarding the immigration bill W. B. Wilson to A. G. Johnson regarding the Burnett Immigration Bill |