Senator Bristow—“When did you become a citizen of the United States, Mr. Warburg?” Mr. Warburg—“1911. Did I not answer that?” Senator Bristow—“Perhaps so. Did you intend to become a citizen when you came to the United States in 1902?” Mr. Warburg—“I had no definite intentions then, because some of the reasons that brought me over here were family reasons;.... That had a good deal to do with my first coming here; and I was not sure at all that I would stay here when I came.” Senator Bristow—“When did you decide to become a citizen of the United States?” Mr. Warburg—“In 1908, when I took out my papers.” Senator Bristow—“When you took out your first papers? You took out your second papers, then, in 1911?” Mr. Warburg—“Yes.” Senator Bristow—“You made your declaration in 1908; that is when you decided to become an American citizen?” Mr. Warburg—“Yes.” Senator Bristow—“Why did you wait as long as you did after you came to this country, before deciding to become a citizen of this country?” Mr. Warburg—“I think that a man that does not come here as an immigrant; a man who has had, if you may call it such, a prominent position in his own country, will not give up his nationality so easily as a man who comes over here knowing that he does not care for his own country at all. I had been a very loyal citizen of my own country; and I think that a man who hesitates in giving up his own nationality and taking a new one, is apt to be more loyal to his new country when he does change his nationality than a man who gives up his old country more lightly.” Senator Bristow—“Yes.” Mr. Warburg—“I may add this: That a thing which had a great deal of influence on my making up my mind to remain in this country and work here, and become a part and parcel of this country, was that monetary reform work, for I felt I had a distinct duty to perform here; and I thought I could do that; and in fact I have been working on it since 1906 or 1907. “Then I felt that it was the right thing for me to become an American citizen and work here and throw in my lot definitely with this country.” Senator Bristow—“When you became an American citizen; and the motive which induced you to become an American citizen was, then, as I understand it, largely with a view of laboring to bring about a reform of the American monetary system?” Mr. Warburg-“Well, you put it nearly exclusively on that. I think a man wants to feel that he is going to do some useful work in his country; that he has a mission to perform; and that is what happened to me.... Moreover, I had been long enough in this country then to have thoroughly taken root and feel that I was a part and parcel of it.” Senator Bristow—“Yes. When did you first become active in promoting the monetary reforms in the United States?” Mr. Warburg—“1906.”