Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mike Colikas, the poor boy of Pyrgi. was pleased and happy, but there was one small hitch: as an American, he could not accept public office under the Greek government without relinquishing his U.S. citizenship. Put that way, there could be no question about which country Mike Colikas felt he belonged in. "I'll tell you very sincerely," he said. "I'm homesick for Pittsburgh...
...student cannot divorce himself from politics merely because be live in an academic atmosphere. Allon M. Woodruff said last night in urging college students to take an active part in politics. Woodruff spoke before a meeting of the local Citizenship Clearing House at the signet Society last night...
...Citizenship Clearning House a national organization sponsored by New York University and paid for a by Judge Arthur T. Vanderbilt, Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, attempts to interest college students in politics...
...brought charges of "sympathizer," and an eventual clash with Congressman Rankin's Un-American Activities committee. "The insinuations were unbelievable," Shapley recalls, "I'm as strong an anti-communist as the average American, probably more so." With a grandfather who was an underground slave runner, Shapley believes in "vigorous citizenship--and I've got three hundred years of ancestors to back...
...When I refuse induction they'll prosecute me, meaning I'll never get naturalized," he continued. He applied for citizenship last fall while doing graduate work in Astronomy. "All the draft board refusals made it extremely hard to study," Fischer reflects. The additional problem of financial worry forced Fischer to consult with the Observatory faculty, who agreed he should drop his studies until his difficulties were smoothed...