No. 27. of Bessemer. Mich.. to the State Department. The State Department went into the matter very thoroughly and assured me that. so far as this Government is concerned. no differentiation is made between nativeborn and naturalized American citizens in these cases. They further informed me that they were informed by the British Government tiMat its policy with respect to the issuance of visas to American contractors and their employees proceedng to one of the leased areas is to consider each case on its individual merits. and that. while applications received from naturalized Americans born in one of the Axis countries are presumably scrutinized more carefully than those of nativeborn Americans. the records of the Department show that a number of Germanand Italianborn Americans have been granted visas and are now employed on construction work at the various bases. I am certainly pleased to know that these are the rules and regulations of this Government and the British Government. It is unfortunate. however. that the Michigan State Employment Service. through their Upper Peninsula field supervisor. did not find out officially the real rules and regulations with regard to this matter before acquiescing in any such action as was taken by the Newfoundland Base Construction Co. I believe it might serve some good purpose if an investigation was made as to just how far this Newfoundland Base Construction Co. has gone in discriminating against naturalized citizens born in foreign countries. Maybe this discrimination was brought about through the actions of the Newfoundland Base Construction Co. acquiesced in without sufficient study or sufficient investigation by the Upper Peninsula branch of the Michigan State Employment Service. By permission of this body.
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