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    "ocrText": "May 16, 1935\nMiss Genevieve Leprestre\n56 Lucretia Place\nPortland, Oregon\nMy dear Miss LePrestre:\nWe are making one more effort to receive\nsatisfactory evidence of citizenship from you in order that\nwe may grant you favorable consideration for enrollment. We\nare enclosing our Evidence of Citizenship form.\nAs you were born in Paris, France and both your\nfather and mother were French citizens, even though you have\nnot stated the citizenship of your father you are only a. citi-\nzen of the United States through two ways; either your father\nbecame a naturalized citizen of the United States before you\nbecame of age, which would have made you a citizen, or you have\ntaken out your naturalization papers. Therefore the enclosed\npaper should be filled in from the information either on your\nfather's naturalization paper or your own.\nSince you did not answer the question relative\nto your father's citizenship we, of course, are under the im-\npression that he never became an American citizen. We explained\nto you that the information as you sent it in was not the evi-\ndence we had to file. If you were able to obtain an American\npassport it was because you are a citizen and we must have the\ninformation regarding the naturalization of either yourself or\nyour father before you became of age.\nWe will be glad to hold this matter pending until\nthis question has been filled in according to the information on\nthe naturalization papers. If you still do not understand this\nsituation we are sure if you will go. to the proper office in\nPortland, Oregon it would be explained to you. We are sending a\ncopy of this letter to the Secretary of our State and Local Com-\nmittee also asking her to get in touch with you.\nVery sincerely yours\nClara D. Noyes\nChairman, National Committee\nIFB/img\nRed Cross Nursing Service"
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