I can not conceive. Mr. Chairman. why anyone upon either side of the Ilouse. or from any section of the country. should oppose a provision which imposes no hardship upon the applicant. but simply safeguards and protects the United States in seeing that no one receives a naturalization certificate until he has complied with the laws of the country whose citizenship he is seeking. I say to you. Mr. Chairman. and members of this committee. that I feel certain that if you had gone over the records and knew the large number of naturalization frauds that have been committed throughout the United States. there would not be a Member upon the floor of this House who would not join with us in this attempt to perfect our naturalization laws. The demand has existed for a number of decades. No general revision of our naturalization laws has been had since 1802. Every true American. naturalized or nativeborn. will. I am sure. join with us in the effort to guard and protect the citizenship of the United States from the gross frauds that have disgraced the administration of our naturalization laws. That is the object and purpose of this bill. and I hope you will rally to the support of the committee in this vital part of the measure and settle it once for all. in order that we may proceed with this bill and secure. if possible. its passage today.
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