Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Today education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments . . . It is the very foundation of good citizenship. Today it is a principal instrument in awakening the child to cultural values, in preparing him for later professional training, and in helping him to adjust normally to his environment. In these days it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal...
...Senators, Chairman Langer got subcommittee approval by quick telephone calls to his colleagues. This procedure has also placed before the full committee amendments to 1) let governors appoint Congressmen in the event of national disaster, 2) nominate presidential candidates in direct primaries, and 3) require the granting of full citizenship to all American Indians...
...Second World War and the recent Korean conflict only served to hasten what many people considered inevitable. "Separate but equal" has never been more than a written phrase, and the Court has finally ruled that it can no longer be used as the foundation of a second-class citizenship. That yesterday's decision is more than merely an opinion of individuals is shown by the unanimity of a body whose majority in the recent past has been fundamentally conservative...
...them with a particular party line. These fears are exaggerated, however; such indoctrination would soon be noticed and reported. Improvements in education and a higher literacy rate have given today's young people knowledge and experience that their predecessors did not have. With schools now stressing the responsibilities of citizenship more than ever before, students should get the opportunity to practice what they are taught...
Most of these objections, and a good deal more complicated ones have been solved and resolved into a new bill, S. 2585, known as the "Immigration and Citizenship Act of 1953," sponsored by Senator Herbert H. Lehman (D-N.Y.). Briefly, the proposed bill, the first alternate to an existing immigration law in U.S. history, would recodify and unify the immigration statutes, and thus become the omnibus which McCarran-Walter purports...