If I am not "mistaken. our citizens will. almost without exception. deeply resent the accidefital exemption -from any military obligation of their alien neighbors. For the sake. then. of our military effectiveness and for the sake of our national morale. some reasonable and equitable solution should be achieved. I have prepared and introduced in Congress a resolution requesting the Secretary of State to take up with the allied governments the whole matter. with a view to securing consent for the inclusion of theoavailable nationals of those countries in the armedforces of the United States. (Appendix G.) And the gentleman from Alabama . the chairman of the Immigration Committee. proposes a plan. which perhaps goes still further. to reach all subjects of the allies. so that the slackers shall do their duty somewhere. I can not too often repeat that our duty- as a Nation is to win this war. One of the ways in which we can strengthen ourselves for the combat is to see to it that our laws and the operation of our laws do justice to all.
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