Evening star., 1922-05-28
closed when the war came on is to be
eliminated.

Welsh Are Most Eager
To Become Americans.
OF the ten nationalities having the
highest percentage of natuCalized
American citizens among their for
eign born, Wales stands at the top,
with 74.4 per cent naturalized and
25.6 per cent unnatufalized. Ger
many stands next. with 1876 per cent
naturalized and 264 per cent unnatu;
rallied. The others in order are
Luxembourg. Denmark. Sweden, Nor
way, Ireland, England. Scotland and
Canada (other than French). the last
having 61.7 per cent naturalized and
3S.3 per cent unnaturalized.
If this showing is not good. what
then is the showing made by, ma
tionalities having the lowest per cent
of naturalization among their for
eign born here? Mexico. for instance,
has 5.5 per cent naturalized and 94.5
per cent unnaturalized: Albania, 7.3
per cent naturalized and 927 per cent
unnaturalized: Spain. 1917 per cent
naturalized and S9.3 per cent unnatu-
rallied; Bulgaria. III per cent
naturalized and $50 per cent un-
naturalized: Greece, ia per cent
naturalized and S2.6 per cent un-
naturalized, and so on down the line
Proposed to Establish
Bureau of Citi.enshfp.
The proposed new law is to be
known as the naturalization and
registration act" 1t provides for the
establishment of bureau of citi-
zenship.' a bureau in the Department
of Labor. under director of citizen
ship" to be appointed by the Presi-
dent and confirmed by the Senate.
The duties of this bureau shall be to
promote the welfare of the foreign
born in the United States and admin
lister the uniform rule of naturaliza-
tion
The bill gives especial attention
to the registration and education of
aliens. Before an immigrant comes
to the United States we must first
obtain from a consular officer of the
United States a certificate of regis.
tration. A wife and minor children
may be included in the husband and
fathers certificate. This certificate
is to give kind of history of the
immigrant. No fee is charged ford
1t. The certificate must be examined
and indorsed by an immigration Of
ficer at the port of entry No i'm
migrant may enter the country with |
out such a certificate
Provided
Each Calendar Year.
After the alien is admitted to the
country he or she becomes a regis |
terable alien" and as such must reg
lister with registrar once each |
calendar year. under regulations laid |
down by the Secretary. The regis |
trar is to issue to each alien a GER
tificate of registration. making a du-
plicate which is to be filed. The |
certificate will show the age, sex.
name. nationality, residence, ability |
to speak, read or write, etc, and |
attached to it must be a photograph !
of the alien. For such registration
fees are to be charged-$24 for any |
alien who will be over twenty-one |
years of age at the end Of the year,
paying in quarterly installments of Sc |
each. or $40 if paid in the first quar-
ter; $40 for any other registrant who |
will be over eighteen years at the !
end Of the year. Payment of the |
fee may be deferred in the case of |
registrants who are financially un-
able to meet the payment. Pen
alties are imposed for failure to |
register, $50 for each year. This !
registration will apply, of course, to |
any aliens now in the country, as we'll |
as to the new immigrants.
The fees so collected are to be |
placed in fund to be known as |
the citizenship instruction fund" !
and provision is made for the aid of |
the states in educating the aliens, |
and also for the establishment of In
stitutions for the care, training and |
attention of widows and minor chill !
aren of deceased aliens. to fit them |
for citizenship. Under existing con-
ditions they are destitute and may
be deported. The proposed law also
deals with the citizenship of married
women. 1t provides that marriage
shall not of itself confer citizenship.
1t also provides that an American
woman marrying a foreigner shall
not lose her American citizenship.