Session #65 · 1917–19

Speech #650234164

A man came from Germany bringing wili him a con. a boy of about 14 years of age. This soil has now grown to be a man of probably 40 years of age. and lie has held various positions of trust and responsibility in the city where lie resides. as a member of the school board and as a member of the city council. lie has voted there ever since lie reached the age of 21. Tile question has been raised whether lie was naturalized. Of coirse. lie was not. and lie could not prove that lls fatier had ever been naturalized during his residence in this country. his man lad to register as an alien enemy. but le is not an alien enemy. He does not even speak the German language. Under section 1.0 of this bill. as I read it. lie will be entitled to become a citizen simply by making a declaration and proving hly two witnesses that lie is an bona fide resident of tile country and lesires to become a citizen and woul renounce his allegiance to tle Imperial Gerinilan Government.
Keywords matched
naturalized

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDWARD ROBBINS
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
PA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
650234164
Paragraph
#0
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