Under the division of that time. it would be difficult to get the lime necessary to place before you the principles involved in the entire discussion. I express my appreciation to the gentleman from New Jersey . who is in charge of the division of the time that I may be permitted now to speak out of turn. The bill comes with a recommendation. which I think it is generally understood Is the recommendation of the Attorney General. that there be added to section 401 of the naturalization law. which is in chapter 4. providing means for the loss of nationality. a subsection (i) which would provide that any member of any alien race who expressed in writing a desire to be a citizen of the other nation. involving practically a request for denationalization. would then be denationalized. The statement would then be laid before the Attorney General and the decision would be left to the Attorney General as to the propriety of the request and what conclusions should be drawn from it. Mr. Chairman. there are two points involved at that moment. The first is that this matter. in the opinion of many of us. should go before the courts and not before the Attorney General. no matter who the Attorney General might be. The courts are the agencies of government which have to do with naturalization. they give citizenship to a man. or a woman. and they are the agencies who should decide whether citizenship is to be taken away. Secondly. it has been repeatedly said In my hearing. and in my hearing it was said before the Committee on Rules. where I was only by accident when this came up. that this would meet the problem of some 4.000 Japanese who had stated in a questionnaire that they preferred allegiance to Japan. I wish it understood.
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