Speech #710019951

In the case of Comitis v. Parkinson (56 Fed..Rept. 588) the court said: There can be no doubt but that the department of government which. In the distribution of authority under the Constitution. has power over the subject of naturalization has it also over the subject of expatriation. The Constitution- is silent on the subject of expatriation. but Article I. section 8. paragraph 4 provides Congress shall:have power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization. Where the Constitution is thus silent as to who" can denaturalize. that department which can naturalize must be held to have- authority to expatriate.Applying the same doctrine to the question of designating who should be excluded in the count in ascertaining the populatln to be used as a basis for apportionment. I say that so long as the Constitutionis silent as to whether persons not naturalized should be counted or excluded. that Congress has the power to pass legislation which will clearly fix the status of such persons.