Speech #770011570

Certainly not. A naturalized citizen is not an alien. and may I say that thousands of boys were naturalized during the war en masse. thousands of them. and I regard them with great favor. the aliens waived their exemption and went o the World War for us and the good old United States of America. I take off my hat to them. Under leave to extend. I now append the following table and will ask you to remember that it is a preliminary table and that final tabulation will not be available until July 1. Aliens in the United States. December 1940 lPreliminary figure. resulting from alien registration taken by Immigration and Naturalization Service. Department of Justice] Percentage Stat Alien popu- of total lation alien population Total population of aliens -------------- 4. 741. 971 Alabama ---------- 4. 952 0.1 Arizona .................... . 699 .7 Arkansas .................... 3.210 .1 California ------------------- Z26. 937 11.1 Colorado ................... 26. 689 .6 Connecticut ----------------- 152. 664 3. 2 Delaware ................... 6. 294 . 1 Florida ---------------------- 38. 218 .8 Georgia --------------------- .1 Idaho ----------------------- .930 .1 Illinois ------------------- 319. 385 6. 7 Indiana -------------------- 42. 220 .9 Iowa ------------------------ 24.015 .5 Kansas ---------------------- 16. 180 .3 Kentucky ------------------- 4. 902 1 Louisiana ------------------- 16. 601 4 Maine ---------------------- 45. 597 1.0 Maryland ------------------- 36. 446 .8 Massachusetts --------------- 56. 028 7. 5 Michigan ------------------- 290. 730 6.1 Minnesota ------------------.. . 584 1. 2 Mississippi ------------------ 3. 003 .1 Missour.-................... 42.049 .9 Montana .................... -13.639 .3 Nebraska ------------------- 18. 601 .4 Nevada --------------------- 6.219 .1 New Hampshire ------------ 29.485 .6 New Jersey ----------------- 270. 973 . 7 New Mexico ---------------- 12.123 .3 New York ----------------- 1.212. 622 25.7 North Carolina --------------6. 331 .1 North Dakota --_----------- 9.902 .2 Ohio ----------------------- 196. 214 4.1 Oklahoma ------------------- 0. 671 .1 Oregon ---------------------- 33. 859 .7 Pennsylvania ---------------1 61.475 7.6 Rhode Island --------------- 52. 339 1. 1 South Carolina -------------- 725 .1 South Dakota --------------- 6.957 .2 Tennessee ------------------- 6.019 . 1 Texas ---------------------- 204. 450 4.3 Utah ----------------------- 10.100 .2 Vermont -------------------- 15. 627 .3 Virginia --------------------- 9.729 .2 Washington ----------------- 82. 644 1. 7 West Virginia --------------- 23. 295 .6 Wisconsin ------------------- 72. 928 1.5 Wyoming ------------------- . 745 .1 These figures are worthy of study. The alien population is piled up in certain sections and States.