60 NATIONAL ORIGINS PROVISION OF IMMIGRATION LAW 
he looked like an Irishman, and he said his name was Devlin. .T sus- 
pected that he was an Irishman, and there was no reason why I should 
from his name and appearance conclude he was anything else. I 
happened to have some Jewish books on the mantel when he came 
a second time, and he said to me, “Doctor, I would like to borrow 
some of those Jewish books some time.” I said, “ What in the world 
would you, a man named Devlin want with Jewish books?” He 
said, “ That is not my right name. That is my business name. My 
real name is Abram Levin.” Devlin is about as far from Abram 
Levin as you can get; and that sort of thing has been going on all 
through history. There are hundreds of thousands of Jews born in 
Russia who became American citizens and changed their names at 
that time.. 
You remember some time ago there was in Philadelphia a man, 
whose name I have forgotten—Cabinsky, or something like that— 
who wanted his name changed to Cabot; and some of the de- 
scendants and good people of Boston who bore the name Cabot 
objected. It so happened that this case came before Judge Auden- 
vied, and, as you know, Judge Audenvied is a Democrat, a real 
Democrat, of an old Philadelphia family; and he, of course, saw no 
reason why this man should not change his name to Cabot if there 
was no legal hindrance, and he permitted him to do so in spite of the 
protests of the ancient Cabots from the land of the bean and the cod. 
This matter of determination by name is almost futile. You can 
make a guess, but that is all it amounts to, in my opinion. 
Senator Reep. Of course, you understand, Doctor, that national 
origins are determined from other sources besides the census of 1790? 
Doctor Friepexwarp. I do not know how, Senator. I do not 
know, because I am perfectly incapable of determining national 
origins on any basis I have seen brought forward. 
Senator Reep. In the census of 1920, the national origins is deter- 
mined by the statement of each foreign-born person. 
Doctor Friepenwarp. All right. Suppose I were foreign born; 
what is my national origin? Suppose I were a foreign-born person, 
and that question is asked. You have heard me answer what is my 
ancestry. 
Senator Rrep. You would give the nation from which you de- 
parted to the United States, and I suppose you would say Ireland. 
if you were born there. . 
Doctor FriepeNwarp. Does that make Irish my national origin? 
Senator Rep. You were born there? 
Doctor FriepeNwaLp. I was born there when my forebears were 
in passage from Germany to the United States, and the mere fact 
that I happened to be born in Ireland, would that make me an 
Irishman eligible to the Ancient Order of Hibernians because my 
uncle was born in Dublin on St. Patrick’s Day? 
Senator Reep. I believe it was an Irishman who said, “If the 
cat has kittens in the oven that does not make them biscuits.” 
[Laughter. ] 
Doctor Friepenwarp. That must have been said by a very wise 
and witty Irishman. ‘ 
Senator Rerp. But we have been dealing with large masses of 
population. The Census Bureau authorities assume that peculiar