Very strict (“daily”; “constantly, as a neighbor”; “I insist upon a real personal intimacy,” etc.) 53 Reasonable (“enough to satisfy me as to the petitioner’s character and residence”; “a bona-fide acquaintance,” etc.) 287 --- 340 _Do you require applicants for naturalization to prove that they can read as well as speak the English language? The law does not require ability to read._ Yes 179 No 155 --- 334 _Would you favor amending the law so as to permit the substitution of a witness where, in evident good faith, one of the original two appears, in the judgment of the court, to be honestly mistaken in believing that he has adequately known the petitioner for the whole five years? (Under the present practice the petition is denied, and a new one must be filed and a new fee paid.)_ Yes (“The present practice imposes a great hardship and injustice”) 311 No 36 Noncommittal 6 --- 353 _Would you favor amendment of the law so as to mitigate the present requirement that two, only two, and the same two, witnesses must swear to personal knowledge of all of the petitioner’s residence up to five years, within the state in which the petition was filed, and thus permit him to cover a part of this residence by depositions, or additional witnesses, when witnesses possessing the qualifications now required cannot be procured?_ Yes 289 No 34 Noncommittal 11 --- 334 _Would you write into the Naturalization Law a specific educational or intellectual test for admission to citizenship?_ Yes 167 No 157 Noncommittal 25 --- 359 _Do you favor a uniform required course of instruction for applicants for citizenship?_