Word: galbraith
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Teuton and the Sinn Fein. It is obvious that any liaison between Germany and Ireland can have but one purpose: to sever the present friendly relations between Great Britain and the United States. It would be dangerous in the extreme to allow such a plan to materialize. Commander Galbraith, head of the American Legion, in a recent interview with von Mach is reported to have shown that gentleman the door; were the American people to assume this same attitude, the danger of "hyphenism," and its results would be greatly lessened...
...Galbraith, National Commander of the American Legion, in a speech at Philadelphia last week, pointed out that Americanization work among the immigrants is one of the most important functions of the Legion. "We asked permission," he said, "to send representatives of the Legion to talk to the immigrants before they left Ellis Island. Assistant Secretary of Labor Post, for reasons best known to himself, refused to allow us to do this, but we must see to it that America ceases to be the melting pot of nations and becomes one united nation...