Speaker. we all have had cases of the kind mentioned by the gentleman from Texas .. A great many of the people of this country who were not advised of their lack of citizenship have served on petit juries and on grand juries and have voted in elections. men who assumed for all purposes. that they were. citizens of the United States:. Their families: have grown up here. they were good people in the communities Inb which they lived. but somehow they had forgotten some. incidents connected with their naturalization.. For Instance. there werer many who. believed that the first papers authorized them to vote and. in fact. completed their citizenship.. In. some States until quite recently men were allowed to vote on getting their first papers or the application for citizenship. and were not required to secure a final certificate to enjoy the right of suffrage. All of this resulted in many people living in the country without ascertaining definitely whether they were or were not citizens. When the war came on they were. required. to produce. evidence of citizenship.. not only Germans but. people born in other countries. I want to say to those who may not know that there is a law. which allows a man under the conditions. to be naturalized In six months after he applies for citizenship.
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