Chairman. on April 18. 1941. I introduced H. R. 4417. which provides that any alien eligible for citizenship who is 50 years of age or older. who has made a declaration of intention or filed a petition for naturalization. and who was lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence prior to February 5. 1917. and has ever since said lawful entry- maintained a bona fide residence in the United States. may be naturalized upon full and complete compliance with all requirements of the naturalization laws. with the following exceptions: Petition for naturalization may be filed without regard for the 7year limitation on the declaration of intention and the applicant shall not be required to sign his petition in his own handwriting or to speak the English language and he shall be exempt from all educational requirements. Nothing herein shall be held to waive or in anywise relax the requirement for good moral character. H. R. 6250. which* is now before the House is a similar bill and contains most of the provisions in my bill. I therefore ask the membership of this House to vote for the passage of this bill. because it gives relief from the stringent naturalization laws. to the real forgotten people of our Nation. Some of these people came to this great America in the 1880s and 1890s. young. honest. industrious people. who never really had the time or the opportunity to learn how to read and write. They married. had large families. and have given their best years in honest labor.
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