I am not questioning his honesty. but I want to say that when there is a controversy here I think we have more right to rely upon the representatives of the United States Government who have to deal with these things than some local county man. however honest he may be in his opinion. and I do not question his honesty at all. But here is what Mr. Crist said. who is at the head of the Bureau of Naturalization. who has charge of this work. and who ought to know about it if anSbody can know about it. Here is what he said: Last year at this time in Brooklyn there were approximately 12.000 petitions for naturalization on the supreme court docket in Brooklyn. representing an arrearage of anywhere from four months to two and a half years. In New York City. exclusive of Brooklyn. there was a congestion of 11.000 petitions in the supreme court last year. ranging the same as in Brooklyn as to pendency. Today petitions that were filed in October were heard this monthpetitions that were filed last October.
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