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S.236 (January 10, 1945)
Text of S. 236, a bill introduced in the United States Senate by Senator William Langer (R-ND) to permit all people from India residing in the United States to be naturalized. Includes handwritten annotations, author unknown. This copy of the bill is part of the Senate Committee on Immigration's records regarding S.236.

Letter from Muhammad Ali Jinnah to Mubarek Ali Khan
Copy of a 1941 letter from Muhammad Ali Jinnah, then president of the All-India Muslim League, to Mubarek Ali Khan, president of the India Welfare League, supporting Khan's work "for the betterment of the Indians and particularly of the Musslmans [sic]." Khan sent this copy of the letter to the Senate Committee on Immigration to underscore widespread support for S.236, a bill to permit all people

The New India Bulletin (November 1945)
This copy of the India Welfare League, Inc. publication, The New India Bulletin, is part of the Senate Committee on Immigration's records regarding S. 236, a bill to permit all people from India residing in the United States to be naturalized. The front page includes a "Petition to the Congress of the United States...with reference to Senator Langer's Limited Bill SR 236."

Letter from India Muslim League of America to Senator Richard B. Russell
Letter from India Muslim League of America to Senator Richard B. Russell Senator (D-GA), chairman of the Senate Committee on Immigration urging consideration of S.236, a bill to permit all people from India residing in the United States to be naturalized. The letter became part of the committee's records regarding S.236.

The New India Bulletin (August-September 1945)
This copy of the India Welfare League, Inc. publication, The New India Bulletin, is part of the Senate Committee on Immigration's records regarding S. 236, a bill to permit all people from India residing in the United States to be naturalized. This edition of the Bulletin consists of the text of a speech given by Mubarek Ali Khan, League founder and president, on July 31, 1945 in New York City.

Letter from India Welfare League Inc. to Senator Richard B. Russell
Letter from India Welfare League President Mubarek Ali Khan to Senator Richard B. Russell, chairman of the Senate Committee on Immigration. The letter, on League letterhead, urges Chairman Russell to immediate passage of S.236 and H.R.1624, legislation that would permit all people from India residing in the United States to be naturalized.

Telegram re: Bills for Naturalization of Citizens of India
Western Union telegram sent to the United States Senate Committee on Immigration from

Correspondence and Petition from India Welfare League, Inc.
Letter from the India Welfare League to Senator Richard B. Russell, chairman of the Senate Committee on Immigration. The letter, on League letterhead, asks for Chairman Russell’s support for S.236 and H.R.1624, legislation that would permit all people from India residing in the United States to be naturalized. Senate bill S.

Letter from Walter J. Klingenberg to Senate Committee on Immigration
Letter from Walter J. Klingenberg to the Senate Committee on Immigration. Klingenberg, an Air Corps Lieutenant who served in India and Burma during World War II, argues against a proposed bill that would allow Indian nationals to immigrate to the US, based on his perception that Indian immigrants would refuse to assimilate.

Letter from Leeman Anderson to Lt. Klingenberg
Letter from Leeman Anderson, chief administrative assistant to Senator Richard B. Russell, to Lt. Walter J. Klingenberg, acknowledging Klingenberg’s previous letter urging Russell and the Senate Committee on Immigration not to adopt new legislature allowing Indian immigration to the US.

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