I am not a constitutional lawyer. nor a lawyer of any kind. but I do understand.that the Constitution provides that a person may lose his citizenship if he performs certain acts. and one that I definitely remember is treason. Under our Naturalization Act that has been passed by this Congress. and no one questioned the constitutionality of it. we said that desertion in time of war. when followed by a court martial and conviction under the court martial. that person. whether he was a nativeborn citizen or a naturalized citizen. should lose his citizenship automatically. All this bill does is to say that that person who deserted in time of war and who was courtmartialed and who did automatically lose his citizenship. may automatically regain that citizenship. provided he performs military service during the war. The Army officers told us that quite often. after court martial. they did not dismiss the person from the ranks but put him right in again. and he performed service. The officer told us iiat there were hundreds now serving in Africa and Guadalcanal who had deserted temporarily. who had not been dismissed. and who are now serving and not citizens. and they are losing their lives today for the country of which they are not citizens.
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