Show PLAN TO PUNISH ALIEN SLACKERS DRAFT EVADERS OF NEUTRAL COUNTRIES FACE LOSS OF OF FUTURE Movement to Provide for Cancellation of Papers Under Way Over Petitions PC PC- to Revoke Declarations Being Filed in One District New York Between Between OOOO and fl aliens allens of neutral countries who had started the machinery to make them citizens ens of the United St States tes this tills country entered the world war and who avoided a being drafted into the t e army by making affidavits ts that they had hind changed their their intentions intentions t to renounce renounce their native country maybe may maybe maybe be forever barred from becoming becoming- citizens as the result of wide country-wide action tal taken en in the last week by Richard Richard Rich Rich- ard l if I. Campbell commissioner of naturalization naturalization nat nat- at Washington The local result of Mr Campbells Campbell's action was the preparation at the local United State States naturalization bureau at 3 Beekman street of 80 petitions to revoke declarations of Intention filed in hi the local district which Includes all the federal federal judicial districts of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York except the western district at Buffalo and and also also includes Hudson county coun coui- ty N. N J. J More than fifty of these Applications Ap were presented to Supreme Court Justice in New York county and were were signed by him andare and andare andare are now on file The petitions presented by Chief Naturalization Ex Examiner M. M A. A Sturges are all entitled In the matter matte of the cancella cancellation on of the declaration of In- In In in- The names of the declarants involved In the cancellation applications applications are sent to each local naturalization tion district from the Washington offic office of of- fice fic fice which under a section of the drift draft law received them from draft boards throughout the country This law recited recited recited re re- re- re cited that persons making claims for exemption on the Ule gr ground und that they had filed only their first papers and did not not- intend to proceed further would have hav their first papers revoked and would be debarred from citizenship lp in the fut future re The Time draft boards were Instructed Instructed In In- instructed to send to the naturalization bureau at Washington the names of all persons Claiming such exemption with an affidavit by the declarant to that effect and a CoP copy of his lils first papers v |