Bailey points out. 21 years to obtain full citizenship rights. An alien has to reside here only 5 years. And it is becoming apparent that too many of them retain their allegiance to the foreign country from whence they came. despite their formal oath of allegiance to the United States. I am not prepared to say at this moment what action we should take in this matter. but I do say that the entire matter of admission of aliens. and especially their naturalization. should be carefully reexamined in the light of present world conditions. In a letter to myself. Mr.
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Generalization that aliens retain allegiance to their foreign country despite oath to the US.