H. R. 6600. now under consideration. is a bill that was quite largely made necessary by a law that this Congress passed in June 1940. which stated that only American citizens could work in defense industries. When a naturalized citizen applies for a job in a defense industry he can show documentary evidence of the fact that he is a citizen by presenting his naturalization certificate. but when a nativeborn citizen. either one born on American soil or born of American parents temporarily residing abroad but who by virtue of his birth is automatically a citizen of the United States. if he is of mddle age or older. he finds great difficulty in proving his citizenship because he cannot prove his birth. These vital statistics were not kept in many of the States until. about 30 years ago. so if he is 40 or 45 years of age he may find it almost impossible to prove that he is a nativeborn citizen. This bill would simply place the nativeborn citizen on a par with the naturalized citizen by making it possible for him to show documentary evidence to prove his citizenship. That is all the bill does. It is made necessary by virtue of the fact that some millions of our nativeborn citizens cannot show documentary evidence that they are nativeborn citizens.
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