R. 6600 in March and it has been tied up in the Senate for months because of some political squab.ble between the Census Bureau and the Department of Justice. Away back in March a bill was introduced at the recommendation of the administration. A message was sent to the Speaker and the matter was referred to the Committee on Immigrationthe very question that you are now discussing. We had hearings for at least a week or 10 days. We had before us a representative of the Bureau of the Census. a representative of the Attorney General. and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. and representatives of all other departments of the Government interested in this very question. The Director of the Census thought this matter ought to go to his department. and the Committee on Immigration thought otherwise. after a study of the whole question. In the first place. the Director of the Census would need a rather large appropriation to set up a new division. whereas the Department of Justice already has the machinery at the present time. and would be able to carry into effect the provisions of the legislation immediately upon its enactment into law. Secondly. the Department of Justice. under the regulations that were to be promulgated by the Attorney General. would have a better grip on persons seeking proof of their nativeborn citizenship. through the fine work of the Attorney General. and the investigators in the F.
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