Speaker. the whole purpose of thll legislation. as I understand It. is to enable final naturalizaticl papers to be issued in proper cases which now. in view ofi the ruling of the courts. can not be issued without the pasg.. of this bill. In connection with the amendment offered by tie gentlemain from Wisconsin I think there shouhl be another anlbindment in order to make clear what I think is the intention of the committee and the purpose of this bill. In other words. the committees intention is to allow those wl... prior to April 6. 1917. filed declarations of intention to prosecute them to final action and secure naturalization. Suppose declaration was filed six years before April 6. 1_917. nearly a year has already expired since the war began. and. as existing law Is construed. that time would be charged against the citizen who is seeking iiaturalization. therefore I think an amendment like this should be engrafted upon the bill:At the end of line 2. page 2. insert "within seven years next." so as to make it read "who had within seven years next before that day made declarations of intention." and so forth.
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