It would permit the officers of a foreign government to come to the United States and there enlist aliens residing here. upon whose industry our country may largely depend. Thus. for instance. it might permit the enlistment of men engaged in the construction of important public worksthe New York subway. for example. or men engaged in agricultural pursuits. who. under existing conditions. would perform a service to our country fully as important as that of enlistment in our own Army. to say nothing of foreign armies. At this time there is a dearth of labor. immigration has been cut off. If these industrial factors can thus be taken from us. might we not sustain a grievous injury? It is further to be noted that even if the proviso were amended as above suggested. it would still apply to aliens who have taken out their first papers and who intend to become citizens of the Ufiited States.
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