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local labor union was horrifying to Dies. They assumed that aliens were undesirable and probably Reds.

I think I once asked Bridges why he hadn't taken out citizenship papers. He said that it never occurred to him he was a British subject, and that was pretty good. A larger proportion of British subjects who live here all their lives do not become naturalized than of any other one country. In other words, British subjects are never in revolt against the old country. They like the old country. There's no tangle. They don't like to renounce King George. It's a curious emotional thing. My conclusion is that that was Bridges' feeling. James Houghteling, who became Commissioner of Immigration after MacCormack died, asked him about that too. Houghteling is a very pleasant, easy-going person. Houghteling said, “Well, I think Bridges is just like so many other Britishers we know. They live here and they mean to live here, but they don't like to renounce their allegiance.” It's a sentimental thing, but I can't believe there was any other reason for it. If he was a Communist, it would have been all to his advantage to have been naturalized very early in the game when nobody knew him, knew anything about him. It would have gone through like clockwork. An Italian might have been under suspicion, but not an