And I would not have sailing on an American ship any white man who is not either native born or naturalized. or who had not given notice of taking out naturalization papers as quick as the law will allow him to. The American merchant marine is the nursery of the Navy. and a Chinese having no patriotic impulse toward his own country will not have any toward ours [applause]. and I would rather a good dva. if I had to fight at sea. be aboard a ship whose sailors. clear down to the lowest. were American citizens. than to have a lot of foreigners on board who were not American citizens. and who had never declared their intention to become American citizens. and who had no intention of becoming American citizens. There testified before the Senate committee a man.
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Chinese have no patriotic impulse toward the US.