It will leave us open to the charge of the basest form of discrimination. discriminating against men who have either been drafted or volunteered to meet the bullets and the shrapnel and the dive bombers of the enemy. I say any man who is legally a resident of the United States and who can comply with the provisions of this bill. namely. submit evidence as to character. should be endowed with American citizenship. He should not be forced to wait until this war is over and then have to go through a lot of red tape. You say. let us wait for the Immigration Committee. I say we should not wait for any committee. We have this "proposal before this House now.
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