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whether naturalized or native born, are equally in- 

 terested in protecting our citizenship against fraud 

 in any form, and, on the other hand, in affording 

 every facility for naturalization to those who in good 

 faith desire to share alike our privileges and our 

 responsibilities. 



The Federal grand jury lately in session in New 

 York City dealt with this subject and made a pre- 

 sentment which states the situation briefly and forci- 

 bly and contains important suggestions for the con- 

 sideration of the Congress. This presentment is 

 included as an appendix to the report of the At- 

 torney-General. 



In my last annual Message, in connection with the 

 subject of the due regulation of combinations of 

 capital which are or may become injurious to the 

 public, I recommended a special appropriation for 

 the better enforcement of the anti-trust law as it 

 now stands, to be expended under the direction of 

 the Attorney-General. Accordingly (by the legisla- 

 tive, executive, and judicial appropriation act of 

 February 25, 1903, 32 Stat, 854, 904), the Con- 

 gress appropriated, for the purpose of enforcing the 

 various Federal trust and interstate-commerce laws, 

 the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, to be ex- 

 pended under the direction of the Attorney-General 

 in the employment of special counsel and agents in 

 the Department of Justice to conduct proceedings 

 and prosecutions under said laws in the courts of the 

 United States. I now recommend, as a matter of 



