rect in principle and should be
speedily enacted into law. The
only other country in the world
that observes racial discrimina-
tion similar to that reflected In
our laws in matters relating to
naturalization is Nazi Germany,
and all will agree this is not
very desirable company.
"The pattern set by the Act
repealing the Chinese Exclusion
Laws is a commendable one. It
Is not only necessary but desi-
rable to place reasonable limita-
tions upon the numbers of per-
sons of all races and nationali-
ties who may immigrate into
the United States. On the other
hand, all those who are permit-
ted to enter, and there should
be no racial discrimination in
this respect, should be consid-
ered similarly eligible for nat-
uralization. The old theory of
'inferior peoples' should be dis-
carded as something no longer
worthy of America in its nat-
uralization laws or otherwise."
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Friday, September 27, 1946
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
Page Eight
I still regard this matter of ell-
,' urinating all discriminatory provi-
': Mons from our immigration and
naturalization laws as of prime
!! importance. I shall never forget
how embarrassed I was as a
United States delegate to the First
Inter-American Demographic Con-
' gress held in Mexico City in 1942
In having many other delegates
from the Western Hemispheric
countries ask us how we possibly
could defend the laws on our sta-
tute books excluding Chinese from
immigration or naturalization pri-
A
vileges. Happily that "historic mis-
' ■
take" was remedied a few months
later. That Demographic Congress
passed unanimously a resolution
recommending the elimination of
all references to "race" in deter-
mining eligibility under immigra-
tion and naturalization laws. The
resolution was aimed squarely at
the United States.
As you know, our present laws
specifically exclude from natural-
ization as United States citizens
most members of the brown and
yellow races and the immigration
laws provide for the exclusion of
•' persons "ineligible to citizenship."
Happily these discriminatory pro-
visions were recently eliminated
with respect to Filipinos and the
people of India. This is commend-
able progress but again our law-
makers seem so reluctant to do
what is obviously the right thing.
11 We prefer to approach the mat-
, ter piece-meal instead of recog-
f nizing and admitting that provi-
t. Mons excluding persons from priv-
.' lieges of immigration or natural-
! ization solely because of race or
;, place of birth and having no ref-
erence to personal qualifications
are totally inconsistent with our although many of them served
democratic principles that involve with our armed forces or in war
agencies, "some in confidential
the respect of man for man.
and important capacities," all now
I scarcely need say that I am
face the possibility of deportation.
not advocating throwing open our
Some are married to United States
gates to all the peoples of the
citizens and have children born
earth. As I have so frequently
here. Yet they are not in position
said in the past, all other nations
to have the merits of their" indi-
can understand reasonable limita-
vidual cases weighed with a view
tions under quotas but they can-
to having their deportation sus-
not understand nor can we defend
pended because of the require.
exclusion or blanket ineligibility.
ment in the law that persons to
We cannot, in my opinion, occupy
whom the privrege may be grant-
our rightful place in the family
ed must be eligible for naturaliza-
of nations until we make our im-
tion.
migration and naturalization law3
The New York Times editorial
conform to our avowed declara.
cites one very appealing case (I
tions that men are to be judged
on the basis of their perfonal
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It matters not that the Japan-
ese would be included within
what. I have been urging. We
fought a war with Germany, too,
but I have heard no proposal that
we now make its nationals ineli-
gible for immigration or natural
ization.
I was much impressed with an
editorial I read some weeks ago
in the New York Times (June 1,
1946) entitled "For Services Ren-
dered." There reference was made
to some two thousand "alien Jap-
anese, whose attitudes and loyal-
ties and activities have been scan-
ned by thee Federal Bureau of In.
vestigation more thoroughly than
have those of most native-born
citizens." It was pointed out that
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have come to my attention) and
advocates remedial legislation,
concluding with the words, "The
loyal 2,000 would seem to deserve
that much consideration from the
representatives of the American
people."
Yes, this is an important piece
of unfinished business. I strongly
favor the early introduction and
passage of a bill which would re.
move all restrictions upon natur•
alizatlon or in our immigration
laws couched in terms of race. I
know of no other action so vitally
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