Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-22
ASKS HELP OF
WOMEN TO PUT
BILL THROUGH
Congressman Sees Interest of
Sufragettes in Natural
izGtiOn Act.
Special TO Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger.
r. rONST DREXE

u Special TO Indiana Daily Times
81 and Philadelphia Public Ledger.
BY CONSTANCE DREXEL
WASHINGTON, March 22-~The
q women will have TO help get this
through" said Representative johnson Of
y Washington TO some friends the other day
when he introduced his bill on which the
s. Committee on immigration and Natural
u izatiOn OF the House has been struggling
for two years.
B No wonder he thought Of the women,
81 because wOmen's committees on American
8 citizenship N all women's organizations
s have been agitating for many of the pro-
3 visions now contained in the bill
In brief, the bill aims ito provide q an
q form rule OF naturalization and to amend
a and codify the laws relating to the &C.
quisition and loss Of citizenship; to
q equaIize the citizenship status Of men
S and women: to establish & method for
g the registration Of aliens for their better
Il guidance and protection; and for other
q purposes" Thus is the purpose stated at
3 the top OF the bill, which is II. p. 10Se0,
q and which any one may obtain by writing
to his or her Representative IN Con-
81 Eress.
OUTLINE OF
NEW MEASURE.
q The bill contains ninety printed pages.
but in big type, so It need scare no one
= By its length. In this brief outline we
& viii only stress those points which have
been topics OF discussion in womens
"A meetings and conventions for the past two
q or three years-that is, ever since the
y war brought to light the necessity Of
q making applicants for citizenship learn
4 English and Of granting independent
4 citizenship to married women, for IN
& stance.
Those two provisions are contained n
the bill Men or women in the future
{ viii have to speak. read and write the
4 English language before nnal citizenship
n papers are granted And the bin shows
4 the way The Bureau of Immi grafton in
n the Department OF labor is TO lie changed
a to the Bureau Of Citizenship, ander
q director who is authorized:
TO cooperate with the public school
authorities for the guidance and protec-
n ton, and for promoting the well being,
s Of the foreign born and OF adult Hit
y crate individuals by afrording them full
opportunity to attend citizenship classes
y Of the public schools, to be conducted in
4 public school buildings, for the
purpose OF aiding such individuals In
q avoiding embarrassment due TO ignorance
Of American laws, customs and life. and
OF combating doctrines OF government
s repugnant to the Constitution OF the
\ United States"
i CITIZENSHIP OF
y WOMEN INTERESTS.
There are pages and pages OF we'll
A thOught-out details, including renuncia-
\ ton OF any "bolshevisticr theories be-
fore aliens may take the oath o. citi-
n Zensh'p, but the second provision Of
greatest interest to women is her indie
pendent eitizeship.
That Is. In the future, q woman once
an American, shall remain an American,
i even though she msrTies q Frenchman,
Englishman or other alien. On the other
hand, no woman who is not an American
citizen in her own right, shall become one
ly marriage to an American citizen,
though she can herself qualify for cid-
Zenship aud become one.
The oiu is retroactive IN one respect.
In section 4s1, page 60 1t gives the right
to an American woman who has lost her
citizenship through marriage to become a
citizen almost Immediately.
The bill clearly sets forth Just how to
do II, but as It has not passed as yet, let
no woman who has become an alien by
marriage, jump to the conclusion that her
4 time has come
Fortunately for the women who became
n Americans by marriage. they may remain
such, as the bill does not seem TO be
retroactive in that respect
CHILDREN BORN
ON FOREIGN SOIL
Another interesting detail to American
mothers who have always been so afraid
OK having their children born on foreign
soil, section 504 AMI page IS, relating TO
birth In foreign countries" provides,
that an individual born after the passage
Of this act outside Of the United States
or any OF fits possession, either parent
being at the tine Of such birth a citizen
- - H-Ha L.
United States"
The introduction Of this bin into the
4 House Is sure to be hailed with joy by
women's clubs and organizations who
! have given such deep study TO making
citizenship responsibility. Not only to
the new women voters, but to aliens and
young people reaching their majority.
Whether It can be passed this session,
either In House or Senate, Is undecided.
For important meeting Of the executive
board Of the National Council Tor the Re
duction Of Armaments formerly For the
Limitation Of Armaments) has been
y postponed to Friday. More than dozen
OF the most prominent wOmen's organiza-
tions are affiliated and are waiting with
4 interest the discussion at the meeting
The council has wagsd e campaign for
the support OF the conference treaties,
but Is now launched in an effort to re-
duce Army and Navy forces from the
figures OF last year Members OF the
executive beard who have already
telegraphed thai they would be present
at Fridays meeting are Miss Katherine
Ludington OF Lyme, Connecticut, New
England director Of the League CT
Women Voters, and Harold Evans, Of
Philadelphia, member Of the Friends'
disarmament cOunciL-Copyright 1922.
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