Word: citizenness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Although a U. S. citizen Mr. Farley is called "Hon."; although Postmaster General he is of the "Democratic National Committee"; although not a member of Congress his speeches given before frankly party meetings are printed in the Congressional Record...
What justification is offered by the Government, or by the New Deal, or by Mr. Farley for all this? To me as an average U. S. citizen it is just plain dishonest...
...gave the U. S. its first word of a nebulous, black-cloaked, Klan-like organization called the Black Legion. Following a slim lead the Press and police last week splattered over U. S. newspapers an incredible blood-&-thunder story which had liberals sincerely worried, psychologists intensely interested, the average citizen bewildered...
...Washington, D. C. last week went Baritone Lawrence Tibbett, not to sing but to lobby. As president of American Guild of Musical Artists, Inc., Mr. Tibbett sought the ear of the House Immigration Committee. Chairman of that committee is a citizen of Manhattan's lower East Side named Samuel Dickstein, who made his political reputation framing tenement and kosher food laws. Mr. Tibbett had come to persuade Mr. Dickstein & committee that the present arrangement by which foreign musical artists are permitted to perform in the U. S. is far from kosher to the musical profession...
...Offering the layman a rich interpretation of church architecture through the ages, this work should provide absorbing reading for conscientious tourists, many a pleasant hour for those who stay at home. WAR IN THE PACIFIC-Sutherland Den-linger and Charles B. Gary-McBride ($3). What every U. S. citizen should know about the Navy, and how it will defend the interests of the U. S. if and when a war with Japan breaks. The odds are in favor of the U. S., the authors conclude, "provided that there are not too many Americans to ask 'Why?' and remain...