Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...three "American viewpoint" publications of which this is one, the others being "We and Our Government" and "We and Our Work." The activities of the Society are being conducted under the authorization and with the cooperation of the U. S. Department of Labor, primarily for the purposes of citizenship classes throughout the United States...
...between the ages of 16 and 21 from all classes and conditions of society. We'd just as soon take a gunman as a Boy Scout, believing as we do, that one or two years of life in the Republic will create an improvement which will make for good citizenship...
...Refusal of admission to all aliens ineligible to U. S. citizenship, unless bound here on a temporary visit...
...foreign born population is largely concentrated. It also presents a problem to the Republican Party-the possibility of losing New York's electoral votes this year on account of the "foreign born vote." The Japanese Government has protested the provision of the new bill: "No alien ineligible to citizenship shall be admitted into the United States," which is practically aimed at the Japanese. Secretary Hughes last week in a letter to the Immigration Committee, pointed out that this contravened our treaty with Japan. He added: "The Japanese are a sensitive people and unquestionably would regard such a legislative enactment...
...Gathered here were Foster, Meyerscough, Howat, Dunne, Hamilton and others of their ilk, with ample funds at their disposal to carry out their preconceived plans for the destruction of the largest unit of American Labor. As they have failed now, they will fail again, but it behooves our citizenship to recognize the menace of such sinister influences and to place the heel of their disapproval upon its serpent head...