Chairman. I rise in opposition to the amendment. I will say to the gentleman from New York that an increase of $25.000 would do very little toward :mproving the naturalization situation in the courts of New York City. and before that can be done. in my judgment. some legislation will have to be enacteda bill will have to be brought in by the Committee on Immigration. This is a very deplorable situation. While on a trip to Ellis Island I sat in one division of the Supreme Court of New York on vhat was known as naturalization day. and I saw there 126 final judgments rendered iu naturalization cases in 94 minutes. Here is a man receiving the most important judgment that can be rendered in his -favor. one making him anl American citizen. in less than one minute. and that wiich should be a solemn judicial process becomes a farce.
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