Bohemians. and the like. are not to be exempied as classes. but each person personally. after fill iinvestigation. An aged German. who. for some reison or lack of foresight. has neglected citizenship.and now finds .himself an alien -enemy. can step out of that classification on proper proof and become known. If I may coin the phrase. as a friendly alien from aa enenly country. le can then begin .the process of naturalization. That is a just proposition. Every ]Representative knows oi cases where some wellknown citizens. longestahlished residents. both men and women. have neglected to start the citizenship process and suddenly upon .the Presidents proclamation. necessarily so. find themselves declared alien enemies. Such a law will lelp the Department of Justice in its efforts to mark and imprison alien .enemies as well as spies and treasonable persons. It will do a lot to clarify the situation. .Fourth. The bill permits those aliens in this country who. were here two years prior to the beginning of the war with Germanythat is. aliens from that country who had started naturalization proceedingsto go right ahead with the naturalization process if they have made a satisfactory showing as to loyalty. For instance. that would take care of inen who have made .homestead entries on the public domain. Certain re-! strictions are imlosed. of course. The man must have taken: out hil first papers not more than seven years prior to the day war wNsdeelared by the United States. Mr. Speaker. these various offers of American citizenship to. t.ose aliens who deserve citizenship can not fail to clear -conditions in _.H1 parts of the United States. .For years I have been. for it restAction of immigration. Too many aliens came too. fast. -But those who are here and who mean well deserve fair and just treatment. War has checked immigration. and I am satisfied that one: of the !things this war will do for :the United States is to determine its :citizenship. so we will know who are the real Americans. no matter when or whence they -came. But. Mir.
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