Speech #780122502

I thank the Senator very much. I think what he has stated is correct. I think that regardless of whatever way one looks at the question. whether from the standpoint of nationality or from the standpoint of immigration. he will find that what I have said before is the fact. that under the terms of the pending bill there would be no great letting down of the bars. Every Chinese who might apply for citizenship would have to meet all the requirements which any other person who is naturalized in the United States has to meetthe educational requirements. the questionandanswer requirements. the requirement relative to ability to understand the Constitution of the United States. and the other requirements which are imposed upon those who ask for citizenship after a certain length of residence here. If one will simply pay attention to the .way in which our immigration has worked. if one will realize that immigration into Hawaii was stopped. that immigration of Chinese into the United States was stopped in the Eighties of the last century. I think one will realize that since the Wong Kim Ark case. Chinese born in the United States have been citizens of the United States. that already the major portion of the Chinese in the United States are citizens of the United States. and that. providing the quota remains as it is. as time goes on. a lesser number of persons who are eligible will apply for naturalization.