Mr. Chairman. this matter of the agitation for Federal aid in the education of aliens. particularly information in regard to duties of citizenship. is one of the finest illustrations we have had in a long time of the carefully and faithfully and widely stimulated demand for a Federal expenditure. and I say that merely as a statement of fact. without intending any criticism. I think this is a splendid work. and for one I am very glad that the Bureau of Naturalization has gone as far as it has in encouraging good citizens and municipalities and school districts to take up the work of educating aliens who are about to fake their examinations for citizenship. More than 600 different municipalities and districts. Ls I understand it. have taken up this work. very largely at the suggestion of this bureau. and I imagine that every one of the 600 has appealed to some Member of Congress to aid in this work with an appropriation. We do not have a great many immigrants out in our country compared with our population. aliens seeking to become American citizens. and yet I have received more appeals. I think. in regard to this item from my State than I have received in regard to any item In this bill. and those appeals have come from the very best people in the State. from the superintendent of schools of the town in which I live. the county superintendent. professors in the State university. from a number of educators. who are very much interested in this work. and who have been giving their time to the work. and who think that the Federal Government should appropriate for it. Now. it is a work with which we all sympathize.
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