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About The united American : a magazine of good citizenchip. (Portland, Or.) 1923-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1922)
I October, 1922 9 THE WESTERN AMERICAN K many native Americans have, un- I fortunately, of late, thoughtlessly I joined mo vements counteracting I the unification process that is gain- ing ground, through the re-en- Iforcements of the ranks of men land women engaged in American- ization work. Tugging at the lines will not ■keep America American, nor will [the alignment of ceirtain native ■born for the purpose of making a I [new standard in our citizenship Jto which the foreign born can not ■attain. To proscribe certain ele- Iments of our people, because of ■their religion or race, is equally a ■fallacy that ultimately can ■bring nothing but grief to the ■country and its composite people. Americans, native and foreign ■born alike, who have become in terested, heart and soul, in the ■cause of Americanization, have ■come to realize that there are as many American born as ■foreign born people who are in ■need of Americanization. This ■fact has served to place them ■four square in the movement. Educators, businessmen and wo- men, employers and employees, ■civic and educational organizations ■for men and women, have joined forces for Americanization work. It has become the all absorbing business of the nation, from the National Capitol to the outposts of our border states and terri- ■tories. i A new lineup is taking place. In helping to bridge the differ- ences, teaching the language of America to the foreign born, ■bringing America into the homes of those who have come here from foreign shores. Americans have had the scales removed from their eyes, they have found them- selves, learned to visualize the true America, the America of the ■fathers, the America of the true ^heartbeat, the America of an un adulterated principle of democ racy. I Americans deporting them selves in anything but a creditable |American manner are invariably setting the pace for those who have immigrated into the country and who readily absorb the un- American creeds, preached and ex emplified, in varicolored hues, throughout the width and breadth of our land. I Back to the first principle is tnore and more becoming the cry of the thinking Americans. The |nany expressions of adulterated Americanism, taking form here and there, is only serving the cause of a general all-American awakening. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution must come down from the shelf and take the foremost place on the library table. It would be well if the book next to it were the Bible itself. The former should be every American’s guide to reason, his measurement in citizenship; the latter should be his guide to the Christian fellowship that charac terized the America of the fathers, his code of clean Christian living. Vote For I The Ross Island | Bridge There are more ways than one for a woman to have her own way. Ballot No. 14 | It will provide a direct West Side connection without a draw. No grade crossings near the ap- proaches. It will save lives, time and money. It will connect direct with Powell Valley Road, opening up the entire Southeast portion of the city. Approved by the City Council, County Commissioners and the City Planning Commission (Paid Advertisement) | | | f | | f | | | The microbe never bothers the man who is unaware of its existence. Vote For. When a man sings his own praise he invariably gets an octave higher. | 76 X WALTER B. GLEASON Australia has hundreds of thousands of acres of virgin forests. = For District Attorney (Paid Adv.) Tdiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiik £iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii' OLE P. HOFF Now State Treasurer of Oregon is the REPUBLICAN NOMINEE For a Second Term He asks your votes on his record of sav ing the taxpayers $258,000 in three and a half years (Paid advertisement by James W. Crawford, Portland, Oregon) 425 Yeon Building, âiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Place Your Orders With The Western American Advertisers—and Tell Them Why