An appeal to Attorney General Francis Biddle for extension to other “friendly enemy alien groups” of the policy which exempted Italian nationals from war-time restrictions, was made today by the American Civil Liberties Union.
In a letter to Mr. Biddle, the Union said that “it is obvious that the several hundred-thousand refugees from Germany are Ioyal to the democratic cause” and suggested that war-time restrictions be lifted on four classes of them: 1. those who are expatriated by Germany; 2. who are employed in war work under approval by the military authorities; 3. who have been examined by Alien Enemy Boards and released; and 4. who have immediate relatives in U.S. armed forces. For those not covered by these categories, individual examinations were suggested.
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