Mr. Speaker. this bill is in two sections. and is necessary in order to cure two defects growing out of our present system of naturalization. By section 39 of the immigration bill of 1903 it was provided that every court naturalizing an alien should insert in the certificate the fact that the mail had been examined as to whether he had been an anarchist or not. If the insertion was not made. the certificate was void. The State courts throughout the country. not being officially notified of this requirement. almost uniformly failed to insert the proper words in their certificates. and every day they are getting here in the State Department certificates of naturalization issued since that law was passed which do not contain that language on their face. and therefore. by the terms of the law. are %void. It simply means that lots of young men from Germany and Ireland and Scotland. and such places as thatmore particularly France and Germany. where they have the military servicecan not go back and visit their homes. because they will be liable to military service and can not get a passport. The second section of the bill relates to courts where they have been naturalizing on the theory that they were entitled to naturalize.
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