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THE WESTERN AMERICAN
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Our Common Faith!
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»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
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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..............................
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THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND ITS RELATION TO
THE IMMIGRANT .........................................................................
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OUR COMMON FAITH......................................................................
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CUMBERSOME NATURALIZATION METHODS............................
By George A. Green, Director Citizens’ Bureau of Ameri
canization at Cleveland, Ohio.
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ICELAND—THE FIRST LAND OF THE WESTERN IMMIGRANT... .13
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