Chairman. I would like to ask the gentleman from Colorado if he does not think this bill. if it becomes a law. will operate unfairly? I- have in mind. for instance. immigrants in my section of Minnesota from Canada. We have many immigrants. say. over 40 years of age. who come from Ontario. Canada. who all speak the English language. We have just as good citizens coming from the Province of Quebec. also in Canada. only a few miles from where the first immigrants started. who do not speak the English language. and they may be of such mature age. say 40 or 45. with a family. that they can not acquire the English language sufficiently to become naturalized. Will not the operation of this law be thisthat the man who happens to come from Ontario. where the English language is prevalent. will be able to become naturalized and a voter. whereas his neighbor. only a few uiles away. born almost in the same neighborhood. having been brought up under the laws of Canada. comes to the United States. settles in Minnesota or any other State. but is unable to acquire the English language in the five years prescribed. will labor under the disadVantage of not being able to become naturalized. although in every respect as to morality. industry. intelligence. and education he may be the equal of the other? Does it not seem as though it might operate a little unfairly in cases of that kind?
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