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provision of law so that such native-born women or one who has lost her American citizenship by marriage and foreign residence since September 22, 1922, may reenter the United States outside the quota, notwithstanding the fact that the marriage relationship still exists.

On March 6, 1930, hearings were held by the committee, and the following appeared on behalf of all the changes contained in H. R. 10960 and of the general principle that a woman, married or unmarried, should have the same right as a man to determine her own citizenship. (Hearings held on H. R. 10208.) At that hearing Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, Representative from Florida, sat with and assisted the committee.

The witnesses were Miss Dorothy Straus, an attorney, New York City, who represented the National League of Women Voters, who had charge of the presentation of the testimony on behalf of the organizations; Miss Margaret Lambie, representing the National Federation of Business and Professional Women, New York City; Miss Harlean James, Washington, D. C., representing the American Association of University Women; Miss Alice Edwards, Washington, D. C., the American Home Economics Association; Miss Cecilia Razovsky, New York City, chairman of the department of service to the foreign born of the National Council of Jewish Women; Mrs. E. E. Danly, representing the national board of the Young Women's Christian Association; Mrs. Clarence Fraim, representing the General Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs. Ellis Yost, representing the Woman's Christian Temperance Union; and Mr. Edward S. McGrady, Washington, D. C., representing the American Federation of Labor.

Communications in support of the same principle were received from Miss Elizabeth Christman, secretary of the National Woman's Trade Union League, and from Mrs. Adena Miller Rich, of the Immigrants' Protective League. H. R. 10960 is also indorsed by the National Woman's Party through their legislative representative, Mrs. Max Rotter, and Miss Maud Younger.

DIGEST OF PROVISIONS OF H. R. 10960

Section 1 strikes out of section 3 of the act of 1922 the presumption that a native-born woman loses her United States citizenship by residence abroad after her marriage to an alien.

Section 2 amends section 4 (a) of the 1922 act and provides a method whereby the native-born woman who lost her citizenship by marriage to an alien prior to September 22, 1922, may be repatriated by a simple affirmative act in a court of competent jurisdiction; that is, she may go before a naturalization examiner, prove that she has lost her citizenship by marriage to an alien, that she is eligible to become a citizen under our naturalization laws, then go into court and take the oath of allegiance. This amendment repeals the one year's residence requirement, the permanent residence requirement, the posting of the name for 90 days, and the requiring of native-born women the same searching examination and naturalization process as is required of the foreign-born alien.

Section 3 would permit a native-born woman who had lost her citizenship by marriage to an alien to return to the United States outside of the quota, notwithstanding her marital status has been terminated.

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW SHOWN

In compliance with paragraph 2 (a) of Rule 13 of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law, act of September 22, 1922, made by the bill are shown as follows:

Existing law proposed to be repealed is included in black brackets; new matter is printed in italics; existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in Roman:

SEC. 3. That a woman citizen of the United States shall not cease to be a citizen of the United States by reason of her marriage after the passage of this act, unless she makes a formal renunciation of her citizenship before a court having jurisdiction over naturalization of aliens: Provided, That any woman citizen who marries an alien ineligible to citizenship shall cease to be a citizen of the United States. If at the termination of the marital status she is a citizen of the United States, she shall retain her citizenship regardless of her residence. [If during the continuance of the marital status she resides continuously for two years in a foreign State of which her husband is a citizen or subject, or for five years continuously outside the United States, she shall thereafter be subject to the same presumption as is a naturalized citizen of the United States under the second paragraph of section 2 of the act entitled "An act in reference to the expatriation of citizens and their protection abroad", approved March 2, 1907.] but such repeal shall not restore citizenship lost under section 3 before such repeal.

SEC. 4. (a) [That] A woman who (before the passage of this act) has lost her United States citizenship by reason of her marriage to an alien eligible to citizenship or by reason of the loss of the United States citizenship by her husband may if eligible to citizenship and if she has not acquired by any other nationality by affirmative act, be naturalized (as provided by section 2 of this act, provided) upon full and complete compliance with all requirements of the naturalization laws, with the following exceptions: [Provided, That no certificate of arrival shall be required to be filed with her petition, if during the continuance of the marital status she shall have resided within the United States.]

"(1) No declaration of intention and no certificate of arrival shall be required, and no period of residence within the United States or within the county where the petition is filed shall be required;

"(2) The petition need not set forth that it is the intention of the petitioner to reside permanently within the United States;

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'(3) The petition may be filed in any court having naturalization jurisdiction, regardless of the residence of the petitioner;

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(4) If there is attached to the petition, at the time of filing, a certificate from a naturalization examiner stating that the petitioner has appeared before him for examination, the petition may be heard at any time after filing.

‘(b) After her naturalization [she] such woman shall have the same citizenship status as if her marriage or the loss of citizenship by her husband as the case may be had taken place after [the passage of this act.] this section as, amended, takes effect."

(b) The amendment made by this section to section 4 of such act of September 22, 1922, shall not terminate citizenship acquired under such section 4 before such amendment.

SEC. 3. Subdivision (f) of section 4 of the immigration act of 1924, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

"(f) A woman who was a citizen of the United States and [who prior to September 22, 1922] lost her citizenship by reason of her marriage to an alien, or the loss of United States citizenship by her husband, or by marriage to an alien and residence in a foreign country." [but at the time of her application for an immigration visa is unmarried.]

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TEXTILE ALLIANCE FOUNDATION

MARCH 31, 1930.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Mr. MERRITT, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 9557]

The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 9557) to create a body corporate by the name of the "Textile Alliance Foundation," having considered and amended the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it pass.

Amend the bill as follows:

Page 1, lines 3 and 4, strike out the words "president of the National Academy of Sciences" and insert in lieu thereof "Secretary of Agriculture".

Page 2, lines 7 and 8, strike out the words "president of the National Academy of Sciences" and insert in lieu thereof "Secretary of Agriculture"; line 10, after the word "branches," insert the following: "including that of production of raw materials,".

Page 3, strike out all of lines 14, 15, and 16; line 23, strike out the word "agreement" and insert in lieu thereof the word "arrangement"; line 25, strike out the period after the word "Treasury" and insert a semicolon in lieu thereof, and add the following: "except that any amounts payable in accordance with such arrangement, and paid into the United States Treasury before the enactment of this act, are authorized to be appropriated to the credit of the corporation." Page 4, line 3, strike out the word "agreement" and insert the word "arrangement" in lieu thereof.

Amend the title so as to read:

To create a body corporate by the name of the "Textile Foundation."

This bill provides proper administration of a fund of nearly $2,000,000 which was accumulated owing to conditions produced by the Great War in the dye industry of the world. None of this money has come from the United States, neither has the United States expended any money in connection with the activities referred

to in the bill, nor is it asked to expend any money now or hereafter in connection with these activities.

During and after the Great War the manufacturers of the United States had great difficulty in procuring the necessary amounts in colors and quantities of dyes to carry on successfully their manufactures, especially in the textile industry. When the war was over all German dyes, which meant practically all the important supplies in the world, were impounded by the reparations commission in Germany. The United States had declined to take any reparations from Germany, and therefore was not in a position to ask for its share of the dyes which were so necessary to its manufactures; however, of the total amount of some 20,000 metric tons of dyes impounded in Germany it was agreed in the peace negotiations that the Allied and Associated Powers were entitled to receive not over 50 per cent.

Accordingly the Department of State, during the administration of President Wilson, in the interest of the citizens of the United States, undertook to find a means for procuring the requisite amount of dyes for the textile industry. The department, therefore, communicated with the Textile Alliance, which was a nonprofit corporation already in existence, as hereinafter set forth, as its agent, to procure the necessary dyes. The arrangement with the Textile Alliance is set forth in a letter of April 10, 1920, signed by the Undersecretary of State, Frank L. Polk, and a second letter from the Department of State, under date of June 7, 1920, signed by Bainbridge Colby, Secretary of State, and a third, under date of July 30, 1920, signed by Norman H. Davis, Undersecretary of State.

The following extract from a letter under date of April 10, 1920, from the Secretary of State to the Textile Alliance explains the beginning of operations by the Textile Alliance (Inc.):

Thus far there has been but a partial allocation of these impounded dyes among the Allied and Associated Powers. The apportionment amounted in all to 5,200 metric tons, of which the United States was given the right to take at the prices above referred to, an amount up to 1,500 metric tons without restriction as to colors, except that the amount taken of any one color was limited to 10.22 per cent of the total stock of that particular color as covered by the inventories above referred to.

American consumers were informed of this 1,500 tons of German dyes available from this source, and were given an opportunity to order therefrom through the Textile Alliance (Inc.) such colors and amounts as were permitted to be imported under governmental regulations. Only 300 tons were so ordered. There remain approximately 1,200 tons still available to the United States at the prices above referred to. Such dyes may be acquired at a price far below the present market value and therefore present an axceedingly valuable asset, whether for internal use or for resale on foreign markets, to which this country is entitled. We are informed that unless arrangements can be made allowing further time to the United States in which to exercise its option, an order with full specifications must be given to the proper authorities in Paris not later than April 15, 1920, by the United States or its nominee. In default of such order these 1,200 tons of dyes will revert to their source for reapportionment among the Allied and Associated Powers, and will be for the most part lost to this country with detriment to American interests.

While recognizing the loss that would result if these dyes were allowed to revert, the department can not take upon itself the commercial function of purchase and sale. The Textile Alliance (Inc.), of New York, therefore, provided the necessity arises, is authorized to purchase in its private capacity, in the interest of the people of the United States, these 1,200 tons of dyes.

Without going into detail of all the conditions stated by the Department of State, the following extract will show that the opera

tions of the alliance were conducted by strict order of the Department of State:

(a) The Textile Alliance (Inc.) will not import dyes into this country except in accordance with governmental regulations as to their entry into this country. (b) In the sale of dyes which may be imported the Textile Alliance (Inc.) will not charge prices considered unreasonable by the Department of State. It shall conform with advices as to the policy of the War Trade Board or its successor, which shall be given for the purpose of protecting generally the interests of dye consumers and manufacturers; and it shall discriminate in no way by price or otherwise between consumers that wish to purchase such dyes.

(c) The Textile Alliance (Inc.) may sell the dyes abroad with the approval of the Department of State. The following considerations shall govern such approval by the Department of State: The retention for a reasonable period by the Textile Alliance (Inc.) of such dyes as may be necessary for import into the United States under governmental regulations; the prevention of "dumping"-dyes to be sold at reasonable market prices; the arrangement of sales so that as far as reasonably possible the marketing of these dyes will not compete with the sale of dyes exported from the United States.

3. It is recommended that until imported into this country for sale as provided above the dyes shall be kept stored outside of this country.

4. The net profits accruing from the sale of these dyes by the Textile Alliance (Inc.) shall be paid into the Treasury on such conditions as shall be authorized by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, provided, however, that the Textile Alliance (Inc.) may retain as a reserve fund to meet accruing expenditures, such sums as may be agreed upon between the alliance and the proper officials of the State and Treasury Departments.

In another letter from the Department of State to the Textile Alliance dated June 7, 1920, it is made clear that the United States took no financial responsibility in the matter, and the credit was obtained and the risk was taken by the Textile Alliance:

At the request of the Textile Alliance, made on account of the difficulty in securing underwriting, the Department of State is willing to amend section 4 of the agreement between the Department of State and the Textile Alliance as contained in the department's letter of April 10, 1920. Said section 4, as amended, will read as follows:

"One half of the profits when realized shall be paid immediately to the United States Treasury. The Textile Alliance (Inc.) shall be entitled to retain the other half of the profits as a revolving fund so long as its services need be required by the United States Government. Thereafter one half of this remaining portion, being 25 per cent of the whole, shall be devoted by the Textile Alliance to educational and scientific purposes, and the other half of the remaining portion, being 25 per cent of the whole, shall be paid into the United States Treasury. The funds paid into the United States Treasury shall be disposed of as Congress may direct. The Secretary of State, however, will make recommendation to Congress that said moneys paid into the Treasury pursuant to above be appropriated for educational and scientific purposes."

It is noted in your letter of June 3 that your executive committee has now expressed its willingness to undertake the work "upon this condition, provided adequate underwriting is obtained." The department desires to point out that since it has neither the power nor authority to incur financial responsibility for the import of the dyes contemplated in the agreement above referred to it can not accept this new proposal unless it is unqualifiedly agreed to by the Textile Alliance.

The Textile Alliance above referred to was incorporated on or about March 11, 1914, as a membership corporation under the provisions of the membership corporation law of the State of New York, which defines such a corporation as follows:

Neither the term "membership corporation," nor the term "membership corporation created by special law," includes a stock corporation, or a corporation organized for pecuniary profit, or a corporation subject to any of the provisions of the insurance law.

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