I do not want to worry the Members of this House by constantly referring to it. but I do think it is wise to have it before you in this instance. Many of you have been prosecuting attorneys in your counties. Few men have been United States attorneys handling the matter of cancelation of naturalization papers. Frankly and honestly. I have had considerable experience in that matter in the western judicial district of Pennsylvania at Pittsburgh. where we had a very large foreign population. I have gone through it a number of times. The amendment I have offered is a clarifying amendment. It is offered for this purpose: The language of the bill submitted by the committee simply calls for the word "conduct." In its narrow sense the word "conduct" means behavior. but when a United States attorney begins his proceeding on a petition to cancel a naturalization declaration he is instantly confronted by a judge upon the bench who may seek to offer his own interpretation of the word "conduct." One judge may say it relates to the mans personal and private. character. Another judge may establish another standard. I want to give you an illustration: A number of years ago I served as deputy attorney general of the State of Pennsylvania. charged with the enforcement of a particular act.
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