Mr. Chairman. I exceedingly regret that what Is a most important matter has temlporarily descended into 1 dispute between the gentleint from Ohio and my colleague as to the place or places from where tlhe population of this country came. rile work these examiners in naturalization have been doing has consisted of examining the declarations made by wouldbe citizens. At the present time it here are 46.000 of such declarations that have been unexamined for months. They have had to appear before the various judges where naturalization courts are held for the purpose of. examining the applicant and his witnesses. Nowv. the truth of tile matter is. we are short of examiners. and I believe that if tile embers tf tile Appropriations Committee had seen the shortage of examiners in the city of New York. for example. where applicants for naturalization have to stand in line and to wait day in and (lay out for the purpose of beconming naturalize(]. Iley. would not have proceeded to cut down the amount which is actttally required. Now. it is true that these same examiners have done a certai amount of Americanization work. and it is true that considerable credit is due to Mr. Crist fo i having started that work. But these examiners are needed for other purposes.? They are needed because in this country today there are 11.000.000 people who have not heen naturalized. and it is useless to yell from one end of the country to the other for them to get naturalized and expect the applicant to stand day in antd day out for the purpose of being naturalized. dragging witnesses down to the court repeatedly. standing in long lines in the postoffice building. and then expect men to become Amercall citizens at a great. unnecessary loss of time and money to tlemi and their witnesses.
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