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Show MORE FINGERPRINTING The U. S. plans to insure Itself and tha world against faking of American passports, and their possible possi-ble use by spies, by use of fingerprinting on every passport. That seems like a sensible proposal. Fingerprinting would be positive identification of an Individual traveling on an American passport, and make it Impossible for an unauthorized person to use a passport actually ac-tually Issued to another. Such positive Identification Identifi-cation would be advantageous to bona fide Americans in Europe, particularly In these troubled times. There could not then be any question as to their Identity, and Americans could be quickly cleared of any suspicion. Furthermore, Fur-thermore, if we are to be honestly neutral in the war, it is our duty to see to it that American Amer-ican passports arc used only by citizens of this country having honest and legitimate business in Europe, and not by spies or undercover sabotage agents of foreign countries. |