We have in Hawaii a considerable number of * Samoans and Guamanians who can be given the privilege of citizenship under this bill. and they are certainly entitled to it. One of the most distinguished scholars of Polynesia is Dr. Peter Buck. head of the Bishop Museum. Dr. Bucks father was Irish and his mother was a Maori of New Zealand. Dr. Buck could not become an American citizen because of the racial restrictions in our naturalization laws. That is but one of the innumerable illustrations of the unfairness of the present system. I think that in the days immediately in front of us there is nothing we can do in the Pacific that will strengthen our position more than the adoption of this particular bill.
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