Mr. Chairman. being a member of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. I intended to ask the chairman of the committee to explain why this Item appears in the naval appropriation bill. but having conferred with the chairman of that committee and others on the committee. I do not desire to make a point of order against the paragraph. which I assume would be sustained if the question were raised. More particularly would I not want to raise that point of order at this time. when young men are being called upon to enlist in the Navy for purposes of national defense. Although technically this matter should have gone to the Committee on Immigration anti Naturalization. there seems to be no good reason why we should discourage young aliens. who have taken up their residence in this country. from enlisting in the wars of the United States. if wars there be. And in submitting an amendment which I trust may have the attention of the gentleman from Wisconsin and of the Committee of the Whole. and may ultimately induce the gentleman from Wisconsin to withdraw his point of order. I have hoped to remedy an apparent defect in the law with regard to the naturalization of aliens who enlist in the Navy of the United States. Last week two young men. both residents of the city of Philadelphia. laid down their lives at Vera Cruz. The question has arisen as to what is to be done with those dependent upon those two young men.
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