Palmer. his loyalty and his genuine Americanism in seeking out and getting possession of every particle of alien enemy property in this country that might be used against the United States during this war should be highly commended by every American citizen. I can not understand this earnest solicitude and regard for alien enemies who had come to this country and had the benefit of its laws and freedom to accumulate property here and then after we had gone to war sought to betray the United States and use that property for the benefit of the enemy. Now. gentlemen of the committee. as I have said before. unless this act is passed now and these people are deported. these criminalssome of them I. W. W. and others concerning whom evidence is in existence to show their part in the proGerman propaganda in this country. of conspiracy to destroy the property of this country and murder American citizensI say. unless this act is passed. so they may be deported before peace is finally concluded. they will be left here in this country. Now. the gentleman from Pennsylvania seems to be very much concerned that something may happen by which some German alien enemy may. not have full property rights in this country. I am not very. much concerned about the property.
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