Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ideal situation would be that the entire youth of this country should have a year's service with the colors, with the idea of inspiring them to a decent citizenship. The factors of decent citizenship are a sound body and a sound mind; the appreciation of the dignity of labor and the happiness of industry; self-mastery, self-control; the appreciation of the benefits of our institutions and our obligations to them, and of the other man's point of view. Another essential factor is the spiritual, which is the function of the home and the family...
...trouble today is undisciplined, inconsequent, uninspired youth. Unfortunately, on account of causes I will not mention, such a blessing as universal service as an aid to citizenship today is not ours...
Labor is migrating from Switzerland, where there is a great deal of unemployment, Poland, Spain, Belgium, Italy. Out of 40,000 Poles working in the mines and on the farms 5,000 have taken out their first French citizenship papers. It is estimated that 180,000 immigrants from Spain, Italy, Belgium, are working in France...
...Francisco Leon de la Barra, another one-time Provisional President. De la Barra is under sentence of banishment from Mexico and the Foreign Office has recently deprived him of his Mexican citizenship. He is, however, strongly supported by the Catholics and the Conservatives...
Isadora Duncan: "The United States Department of Labor decided that I am not an American citizen because I married a Russian prior to the Woman's Separate Citizenship Law. That is a mild way of saying that I am likely to be prevented from landing as an undesirable alien, if ever I try to return to America. 1 should worry...