Would you write into the Naturalization Law a specific educational or intellectual test for admission to citizenship?
| Yes | 167 |
| No | 157 |
| Noncommittal | 25 |
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| 359 |
Do you favor a uniform required course of instruction for applicants for citizenship?
| Yes | 208 |
| No | 134 |
| Noncommittal | 33 |
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| 375 |
Would you favor acceptance, as prima-facie evidence of intellectual fitness, of a suitable certificate from schools or class, of the successful completion of such a course?
| Yes (“I would”; “I do accept school certificates now,” etc.) | 209 |
| No (“The judge must satisfy himself by his own inquiry”; “it is character, not learning, that counts”; “too many Socialists are teaching school,” etc.) | 110 |
| Noncommittal | 31 |
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| 350 |
Would you favor the abolition of the present Declaration of Intention (first papers)? If not, what good purpose do you think it serves?
| Yes (“It serves no good purpose”) | 82 |
| No (“It is an essential of the proceeding”; “it serves notice to all concerned”; “it tends to keep the applicant in mind of his desire to be a citizen,” etc.) | 241 |
| Noncommittal | 33 |
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| 356 |
What have you observed to be the special difficulties in the way of desirable foreigners, hindering them from seeking naturalization?