The author of the bill and the committee sponsoring it insist that it waives nothing. except the filing of the declaration of intention to become citizens. Let me read the language of the bill and it will make it easier for the gentleman to make his question more pertinent than it might otherwise be: SEC. 801. Any person not a citizen of the United States whose son or daughter is a citizen of the United States and has served or is serving honorably in the military or naval forces of the United States during the present war and who. if separated from such service. was separated under honorable conditions. may be naturalized upon compliance with all the requirements of the naturalization laws. except that no declaration of intention shall be required. and the provisions of section 326 of this act shall not apply to a petition filed under this section: Provided. That the petition is filed not later than 1 year after the termination of the present war. Now. let me quote from a letter written by the Attorney General embodied in the committee report in which he sets forth in a single paragraph that part of the section of the statute which is waived. This paragraph reads as follows: Under existing law. a person seeking United States citizenship must file a declaration of intention. to become a citizen of the United States at least 2 years prior to the filing of his petition for naturalization (U. S. C.. title 8. sec. 731). An allen who is a native of a country with which the United States is at war may not become a naturalized citizen of the United States unless his declaration of intention was filed more than 2 years prior to the beginning of the war or unless the President after investigation and report by the Department of Justice establishing the loyalty of such alien to the United States. excepts such alien from the classification of "alien enemy" (U. S. C.. title 8. sec. 726).
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