Chairman. I move to strike the requisite number of words. Mr. Chairman. when I was first elected to Congress in 1948 the first bill I filed at that time was one which would grant the opportunity to become citizens to the Japanese emigrants. the Issei. who could not become citizens because of the then existing Oriental exclusion laws. It took 4 years for that law to be passed. In 1952 the Congress passed the bill setting aside the Oriental exclusion laws and providing that no person should be deprived of the opportunity to become an American citizen because of race.
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