Chairman. this bill. H. R. 6600. was carefully considered by the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization with a pretty full attendance because of the question involved. The witnesses who appeared before the committee had something substantial to say and gave us a real picture of what is happening today in the country with respect to the cefense program. It was pointed out that. thousands of Americanborn citizens are unable to obtain employment because underan act of Congress we have provided that only citizens may be employed in the defense program. Nativeborn American citizens who are now employed in defense work. in our tank. airplane factories. and so forth. are being discharged because when called upon by the employer to produce evidence of birth or naturalization they have no proof on account of the fact that there were no vital statistics kept in the town where they.were born. In some sections of the country vital statistics on birth have been destroyed by fire and other causes. Other employees are too old and are unable to obtain living witnesses to establish that they were born in the United States.
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