Bill To Permit All People From India Residing in the U.S. to Be Naturalized (1945)
Transcript for the 1945 U.S. Senate hearing to discuss Bill S. 237, which would permit all people from India residing in the United States to be naturalized. The meeting was held on April 26, 1945, and the Bill was introduced on January 10, 1945 by North Dakota Senator William Langer. The transcript record statements made by Edward J.
Memorandum on Proposed Legislation
Memorandum on Proposed Legislation to Authorize the Naturalization and Admission Into the United States Under a Quota of Eastern Hemisphere Indians of India, presented by Sirdar J.J. Singh, President of India League of America. The document contains an assortment of statements by vested interests (U.S.
H.R. 3517
Copy of H.R. 3517, a bill introduced to the House of Representatives by Democrat Emanuel Celler on June 20, 1945 that would permit approximately 3,000 natives of India who entered the U.S. prior to July 1, 1924 to become naturalized U.S. citizens.
S. 1595
Copy of a bill proposed by Senator William Langer dated December 15, 1943. The proposed bill would permit approximately 3,000 natives of India who entered the U.S. prior to July 1, 1924 to become naturalized U.S. citizens.
Letter from Mubarek Ali Khan to Senator Richard B. Russell
Letter from India Welfare League President Mubarek Ali Khan to Senator Richard B. Russell, chairman of the Senate Committee on Immigration. The letter, on League letterhead, urges Chairman Russell to swift consideration of S.236, a bill to permit all people from India residing in the United States to be naturalized. The letter became part of the committee's records regarding S.236.
Letter from Carl Hayden to James Hammond re: Frank Musa
Letter from Carl Hayden, Democratic senator from Arizona, to James Hammond of Phoenix, Arizona, regarding the naturalization case of Mr. Frank Musa, originally known as Mr. Gul Akhmad. The letter became part of the Senate Committee on Immigration's records regarding S. 236, a bill to permit all people from India residing in the United States to be naturalized.
S.236 (January 10, 1945)
Text of S. 236, a bill introduced in the United States Senate by Senator William Langer (R-ND) to permit all people from India residing in the United States to be naturalized. Includes handwritten annotations, author unknown. This copy of the bill is part of the Senate Committee on Immigration's records regarding S.236.
Letter from Muhammad Ali Jinnah to Mubarek Ali Khan
Copy of a 1941 letter from Muhammad Ali Jinnah, then president of the All-India Muslim League, to Mubarek Ali Khan, president of the India Welfare League, supporting Khan's work "for the betterment of the Indians and particularly of the Musslmans [sic]." Khan sent this copy of the letter to the Senate Committee on Immigration to underscore widespread support for S.236, a bill to permit all people
Letter from India Muslim League of America to Senator Richard B. Russell
Letter from India Muslim League of America to Senator Richard B. Russell Senator (D-GA), chairman of the Senate Committee on Immigration urging consideration of S.236, a bill to permit all people from India residing in the United States to be naturalized. The letter became part of the committee's records regarding S.236.