President. I believe that every patriotic Democrat and every patriotic Republican will gladly take the position that he does not desire any advantage that is not fundamentally sound or morally just. One objection that has been urged to the proposed amendment is that with the limitation upon immigration the number of aliens would soon become negligible and that the amendment would be useless. If that were true. it would be entitled to serious consideration. but it does not stand up in face of the facts. As contrasted with something over 7.400.000 aliens reported by the 1920 census. the 1930 census. covering the period through which this drastic limitation on immigration has been in force. is nearly 6.300.000. or. to be exact. 6.282.504. as shown by the complete figures given out for the first time by the Census Bureau on December 23. It is true that this includes those who have taken out their first papers. which is proper. just as intelligent. Americanborn highschool graduates of 20 years of age still cannot be included in lists of voters. There is no assurance that any particular person will complete the process of naturalization. which alone makes him a citizen. and he is indisputably an alien until he actually becomes a citizen. This also includes those who are unknown. which again is correct. because every foreignborn person must be presumed to be still an alien until it is established that he is a citizen. It is obvious that with a smaller number of aliens. and with a larger congressional ratio. the number being decreased approximately 15 percent. and the congressional ratio increased approximately 33 percent. there will be fewer Representatives of aliens in Congress. and therefore in the electoral college and the nominating conventions.
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