It is a defensive measure for the protection of America. If I had time I could trace the problem from the passage of the earliest legislation on the subject. including the time when aliens procured what were known as their first papers. which entitled them to be classified as American citizens under then existing shipping laws. I congratulate the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization for the splendid work it has done. I looked into this problem last ye .r. as I thought the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries should handle it. I found it was being handled most efficiently by the Committee on Immigration.
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