Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...private-housing barriers imposing geographical segregation that often makes a farce of the North's free dom from segregation in the schools. They also told a story of progress, pointed out that the weight of Northern opinion and law supports the Negro's fight for first-class citizenship-in contrast with the Deep South's defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court's integration decision. Wrote the Chicago Tribune's Reporter Ottley: "There are Negroes who complain that progress in the North is slow. Some even drape themselves in crepe and wail. Actually, the pace...
...even managed to answer some questions. Would she raise a large family? "I hope so." What about her citizenship? "I will have dual citizenship, but my son will be Monégasque." Who will be on the yacht during the seagoing honeymoon? "Just a crew of ten-and my poodle Oliver, of course...
...Such humility. Like any girl, Grace wants to have a family. This has led to a pool among reporters, the winner guessing the right number of little princes and princesses. The princes, by the way, will be Monegasque (pronounced Mo-nay-gas-kuh) while the daughters will have dual citizenship. But Grace remains faithful to "my beloved country." When she spoke to reporters about her patriotism, she was obviously moved. But when she repeated her statement for the cameras there were tears in her yes. Now that is patriotism...
...Currie left the U.S., became an economic adviser to the Colombian government, later resigned to buy a 500-acre ranch, where he raises cattle and supplies milk to Bogota. He avoids the U.S. colony in the capital, has announced that he considers Colombia his "real home," and is seeking citizenship there. Last week the State Department said that Lauchlin Currie, by staying abroad five years, had automatically forfeited U.S. citizenship...
...Representative Wayne Hays and New Jersey's Democratic Representative Alfred Sieminski. Trouble started when Hays accused Lieut. General (ret.) Joseph M. Swing, the U.S. Immigration Commissioner, of "arrogance," said he had been warned not to cross Swing lest the commissioner interfere with Hays's efforts to get citizenship for his adopted two-year-old German daughter. Cried Hays: "I will guarantee that if he did try that, when I got him face to face he would not be physically able to hold the job from then on." Sieminski replied that he had served in the Army under Swing...