I have for many months been urging amendments to H.R. 2485 to correct this unjustified discrimination in our treatment of American citizens and I shall continue in committee and on the floor if necessary to press for inclusion of these needed amendments in the pending legislation. I do not believe that this legislation will be fully adequate until such provisions are included to prevent discrimination against Americans. based on the date on which they obtained that happy status. It is abhorrent to our concepts of citizenship to distinguish between Americans on the basis of when they happened to become naturalized. We have never recognized in this country any concept of second class or junior citizenship. Even European countries which have adopted war claims programs in behalf of their own nationals have made provision for claimants who become nationals after they suffered their original loss.
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