There are many areas of FRANKS career of service that deserve recognition. but there is one particular series of events that I recall as a prime example of his continuous efforts on behalf of the people of New Jersey and the Nation as a whole. During the planning stages for the 100th anniversary celebration for the Statue of Liberty. I was appalled to learn that new immigrants being sworn In on Ellis Island as a symbolic reminder of our Immigrant heritage would all be from New York. and not from all parts of the country. as we had been promised. This was to be a national celebration. but we were told that Federal law prevented us from inviting anyone outside of the district courts jurisdiction. We would need an act of Congress to make an exception in this case.
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