Mr. President. to some extent. and I am seeking in this way not so much to instruct the Senate. but to reply to numerous inquiries. The result of my investigation is this. that while it is true that by the provisions of one of the statutes of the United States the mere declar~ation of war ipso facto makes every male subject over 14 years of age of a foreign power against which we have declared war. who is not fully naturalized. an alien enemy. yet by the proisions of that statute the President of the United States may fix. by regulation determined by him and proclaimed to the people. the terms and conditions upon which male alien enemies Over 14 years of age may reside within the United States. I think that. by the last section of the statute to which I refer. the President has the power to fix not only the conditions of residence but the conditions of employment in the United States. I regard that matter as practically settled by the precedent created by the President himself. because. concurrently with his approval of the declaration of war against Germany. the President issued a proclamation in which lie distinctly stated. as to male German alien enemies over 14 years of age. that they shall be undisturbed in the peaceful pursuit of theirlives and occupations. and be accorded the consideration due to all peaceful and lawabiding persons. except so far as restrictions may be necessary for their own protection and for the safety of the United States.
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