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About The united American : a magazine of good citizenchip. (Portland, Or.) 1923-1927 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1923)
JUNE, 1923 3 THE WESTERN AMERICAN niiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniHiiiiiiiiiiiinniiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiniiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiH Our Common Faith! Î Î I I ¡1 | I I j I I I I | g I I I I I I I I I I »THE CONSTANT reading of * the American Declaration of Independence and the Constitu tion of the United States, will more than anything else help the man and woman, native or foreign born, seeking to attain sound and intelligent citizen ship, to gain possession of an Americanism in which there is no flaw or fault. It should not merely be on Constitution day that a thought is given to our precious consti tutional covenant, nor on the Fourth of July that the priceless document, the Declaration of In dependence, comes to our mind, if at all, but these precepts and principles of rights, justice, lib erty and human equality should be to all Americans an ever con stant source to spiritual edifica tion in citizenship, the source to humility, honor, integrity and civic conduct, a source to toler ance and friendship kindling that lofty concept of human brotherhood that should know no east nor west, nor north nor south, race religion or national ity, among the people who com pose the hundred millions or more who live under the shelter ing fold and insignia of our common faith—the Stars and Stripes. To understand these docu ments right the reader must di vest himself of all prejudices and put his very soul, as far as possible, in tune with the spirit of those noble Americans who penned these soul-stirring and inspiring covenants of American faith, and whose spirit speaks from every page, outlining the true course of America. If the Declaration of Inde- pendence and the Constitution of America had the place in the American home that they ought to have and given the proportion- ate considertion accorded the American flag, which they sure- ly desire, there should be little need of apprehension at the present time lest the spirit of true American democracy is los- ing ground. Let us read these documents often, over and over again, and all hostility towards our fellowmen will be dispelled and the current din and strife will vex and vain no more. AMERICAN s _______________------------------------------- A Magazine of Good Citizenship The Recognized Americanization Journal For Oregon Pacific Northwest Published Monthly By The Northman Publishing Company - (Incorporated) Officers H. J. Langoe, President B. G. Skulason, Board of Directors B. G. Skulason G. B. Hegardt Phone Broadway 6600 Offices and Publishing House Labbe Building, 227% Washington Street, Portland, and the Sec-Treasurer H. J. Langoe Oregon H. J. LANGOE, Editor Vol. 1 »UOU8 19 June, 1923 Number 9 CONTENTS EDITORIAL SUBJECTS— A Pointed Difference of Opinion; “Would Not Vote for Anyone Who Spoke With a Foreign Accent;” Nationality Gronps in Politics; Editorialettes.............................. ......10-12 THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND ITS RELATION TO THE IMMIGRANT ......................................................................... 1 | OUR COMMON FAITH...................................................................... 3 | CUMBERSOME NATURALIZATION METHODS............................ By George A. Green, Director Citizens’ Bureau of Ameri canization at Cleveland, Ohio. 5 I STUDIES IN TRANSFERS OF AMERICAN FARM TITLE9 | I ICELAND—THE FIRST LAND OF THE WESTERN IMMIGRANT... .13 By E. M. Newman (in The Mentor) Subscriptions, twelve issues, Two Dollars yearly; single copies, twenty cents. Remit by United States Money Order, Express Money Order or Check. In Canada and other foreign countries, belonging to the Postal Union, fifty cents additional should be added. Back numbers, not over three months old, twenty-five cents; more than three months, One Dollar each. Instructions for change of address should be sent two weeks in ad vance of mailing. Always give old address, as well as the new, and aj- ways write plainly. The Editor will be glad to consider contributions; but a stamped and addressed envelope must be inclosed, if the return of unavailable manu- scripts is desired. Entered as Second Class Mail Matter in the Post Office at Portland, Oregon under the Act of Congress of March Third, 1879. | | I =
