Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1917 — TO DEPORT ALIEN SLACKERS [ARTICLE]

TO DEPORT ALIEN SLACKERS

Drastic Action Proposed in Bill Approved by House Body. Washington, Aug. 3. —Drastic dealing ■with alien draft shirkers is proposed by a bill agreed on by the house Immigration committee. Aliens who do not wls\ to take military service in the American forces would be deported; the entry of others to the country would be prohibited. Any person who cldims exemption from military duty on the ground that he is an .alien never could become a naturalized' citizen. Aliens of any class coUjd be drafted for work on farms, in industrial plants, and for other home duty.