Commenting on this. the Boston Transcript of March 13. 1924. editorially stated: No real attention could have been paid to these final * petitions. and therefore * * * we like to think they could not have been carelessly admitted to the privileges of citizenship. Fifteen to a minute is a trifle fast for the rate at which the right to vote should be conferred. however excellent may be those who gain it. At another place this same newspaper. the New York Times. under date of March 23. 1924. states: Six thousand five hundred became Americans here in a single week. County clerks office did a rushing business in naturalization * * * Fifteen a minutemore than 6.500 in a weekis the record established. Aliens were herdedListen to this startling statement. Senators--: shoved and pushed.
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