Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-01

Allied railway front and positions
south of Odozerskaia to tho heaviest
bo~mbardment in many weeks yester-
day. In the meantime the enemy was
moving considerable forces through
the wood indicating hat an attclx
is impending.
A little garrison OF four French
sildiers In an outlying ~blockhouse
! guarding one of the allied tanks near
the front line yesterday repeatedly
very expensive operation.
TT did not take me long to see the
injustice of this arrangement. SO I
from h department of naturalization
protesting against the practice. Judge
DAILY conferred with me on the matter
and agreed with me hat there was
nothing in the naturalization laws.
that confined the issuing of such pa
pers to the county clerks office. but
rather than have any clash with. the
government officials that we had bet
tier confine work to the county
clerks office exclusively. I have done
it from that day to this. fearing that
should L issue any moro papers on
the outside. it might involve a lot of,
trouble and expense to those whom I
was trying to help.
ALLOW me to recite the difficulty
and expense attached to getting ones
| paper today.
"First-The Declaration of Inten-
ton will cost from 81 to $40 for the
following reasons: To the fellow, who
is wise. 1t will cost the loss of a days
pay and incidentals, which will reach
at least "a. The one, who Is not wise,
tis GENERALLY picked up by some one,
who makes a business of it and he
win so with the applicant to New
tBrunssvick and charge him anywhere
from 50 to SIS and his expenses.
"SECOND-When 1t Is time to APP
ply for second paper. the candidate
with his witnesses. who DON'T know
anything about the certincate of ar
rival, will travel to New brunswick
only to be told that theyemust have
such certificate. Surprising that the
applicant and his witnesses get
wage OF .nree dollars per day each,
and the applicant has 30 make good
the loss of the days pay OF all three,
with ~incidentals of So added makes a
total of Sill. nHN2tf ge' 3tH -
"THIRD-After the certificate Of
arrival is received there Is another
trip to New brunswick with the same
expense with "a added, which is the
cost of issuing the paper making a,
total expense of SIS.
"FOURTH-Is the preliminary ex-l
animation for which there Is no law,
but another rule of the naturalization
department which lessons the trouble
and perhaps the expense of the de
partment. but ON the other hand Is
an added expense to the applicant and
his Witnesses Ii the preliminary ex-
animation is held in Perth Amboy and
the applicant lives here there is no in
cidental expense, but the loss of the
days pay OF himself and witnesses la
50.
FFTH-Is tho trip to the court for
final examination. which again means
the loss of the three days pay and
when applicant passes a little cele-
bration, as a general rule, will total
$12 to SIS. 4
The last step Is another trip to
New Brunswick to get the certificate,
which does not require any witnesses
or help, but means the loss of a days
pay of s3 So you will see that In the
case of tho fellow. who. hires a guide
or the first trip and his subsequent
expenses, it costs him the neat sum of
$63 to become o citizen n to the
man who is raising a family of six or
eight children. ii is a heavy burden.
You who are Interested in these
people, then don't only advise them.
but Ii you are connected with any
that is promoting Amer
icanization. which Is. a very noble
thing to do, let that organization inn
press on the minds of the chiefs of
the naturalization department.. that
the most substantial help that can
be given their people Is by the reduc-
ton of the cost of the ~operation.
II know that the heads of man.
ufacturing plants are deeply inter-
ested in this work. These men are
usually found to be active workers
of the boards of trade in the various
xu~r.~~xxf<r. f- ~xI4-I -. -~-tI-
Let them take the matter up with
stuts Chamber of Commerce.. Who
In turn might take II up with the
nat's-apzation- department
TT can be done in this way. Advo-
the placing of the certificate of
arriva1 in tina hands of the mayor or
he city or town clerk and nave it so
that In q short time all
would Know 1t and would go to such
to apply for same. In that way
you can seq where $40 would be
saved by cutting out the trip to- New
with the witnesses. Then
a the preliminary examination cut |
saving another $40.
IT have saved the three dollars on
aocoun of the loss Of the days in go-l|
to New Brunswick to get the final n
certificate, by keeping the office open
night and allowing the men to go
after their days work is over. n
Then urg the naturalization de-
,artment TO allow clerks OF counties |
!. issue papers at day or night in
,ity or town halls or other public
,uildings in any part of the county. |
hat there may be an urgent demznd |
or such service. With the three Inn
'rovemenfs that I suggest. the cost OIL
occurring citizenship would be reduced |
a minimum. II
zone more thing and that Is the
natter OF examining applicants as to
heir qualifications The n~aturaliza- Il
department has never, that Ill
NOW of. issued any study on which
Ie Is to be examined. The result is
hose seeking citizenship are puzzled
nd worried as to what the questions
uay be- /