Mr. Chairman. it is only two or three years ago since this country rang with the story of naturalization frauds. It is a fact that there were gross naturalization frauds. They existed in the city which I represent in part and in other cities. You could buy ntituralization papers for $10 apiece. no matter what name yot had. in the city of New York. and the same condition existed in other cities. in mining regions. and generally throughout the United States. In the last Congress we passed a bill to do away with these naturalization frauds. passed it under the able leadership of the gentleman from Colorado . and it was the intention of the House. I am sure. because the bill passed under the suspension of the rule with only 8 negative votes. that this law should be enforced. For this fiscal year the appropriation for that purpose is in two parts. $100.000 il the regular bill and $93.000 in the urgent deficiency bill. and yet for the next fiscal yeara year which includes a Presidential election. when there will be extra attempts at fraud. the conmnittee has cut down the appropriation from $193.000 to $150.000.
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