I think that meets that particular objection. I think I ought to say. in behalf of the department and of the bureau. that the department contends that it already has ample machinery of law to meet this situation. that the courts have held. under existing statutes. that proceedings lie tocancel citizenship on the ground that the oath of allegiance was taken with a mental reservation. and that such proceedings have been had. and successfully had. by the Government in this country within recent months. They contend that wherever they can make out a case against one of these people for doing that sort of thingand they say they have done it in a good many casesthey can cancel his naturalization by court proceedings. For that reason the bureau did. not believe there was any necessity for quite so drastic a provision as this. I want to say that generally I am In sympathy with the main proposition laid down by the Senator from Massachusetts.
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