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FEBRUARY, 1925
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THE UNITED AMERICAN
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A Question and Answer Page for Foreign-Born
Questions on Americanization, Naturalization, Citizenship', Civil Rights and all matters of importance
in regard to the necessary adjustments for foreign-born who have come here for the purpose of
remaining permanently, will 'be answered promptly and as fully as possible, By Judge J. A. Buchanan,
President Astoria Americanization Council in Astoria, and 'by H. J. Langoe, Editor The United Amer-
ican. Anyone asking a question may.request that it -be published under such pseudonym as he desires
but the questioner must in all instances sign his correct name and address to the letter that
accompanies the question. Anonymous questions will not be published or answered in this forum.
People who are living in Astoria and vicinity may address their questions directly to Judge Buchanan.
V.
Q. — Is it true that every applicant
for citizenship must furnish a Certificate
of Arrival?
— V.W.T.
A. — No. If the alien came to Amer
ica after June 29, 1906, he must, when
he is ready to take out his second papers,
ask the clerk of the Court for a blank
form for “Certificate of Arrival.” He
then fills in the form and forwards it to
the Naturalization office in Portland.
The alien must then wait until he is
notified by the clerk to appear. If the
alien landed in America before the above
date -no Certificate of Arrival is required.
— J.A.B.
Q. — To settle a dispute, is it possible
for a Chinaman or a Jap to become a
citizen of the United States ? — Wm. K.
A. — Not unless he is bom in America.
The native-born children of Chinese
and Japanese, to whom the United States
refuses citizenship, are considered citi
zens of the United States if the parents
look upon this country as their home.
If, however, the parents are non-immi
grants, and staying in America only for
a season, the children bom to them in
the United States are not citizens. — • J.B.
Q. — What should the alien do after
declaring his intention to become a
— Victor R.
citizen ?
A. — He should learn to read and
write the English language intelligently,
read the Constitution of the United
States, learn all he can about the govern
ment and institutions of city, state, and
nation, and learn something of the
country and of ’ its leading men. This
can best -be done in the night -schools,
which are conducted without cost to the
applicant.
—J j A.B.
ship. To become a citizezn you must
come before the court with a clean
record.
— J.A.B.
Q. — I am very nervous, and I dread
the public examination in a crowded
court room. Is there any way the exmina-
tion can be made private ?
— Axel V.
A. — Private examinations are be
ing held on the qualifications of the
applicant on the Saturday before citiezn-
ship day. But only students of the night
schools who have -had at least twenty-
one lessons or lectures on citizenship
ase entitled to take the examination at
that time. You should attend a night
school if you can possibly do so. -— J.A.B.
Q. — Is it necessary to go to night
school ? Can I not study at home just
as well to prepare for the examination?
I think I am rather old to go to school.
— Paul N.
A. — Of course, you can study at
home, but I would advise you to go to
night school if it is possible. They have
trained, experienced teachers, who could
explain many things to you which you
might not get fixed correctly in your
mind by studying at home. It is no
disgrace to go to school. I have had
studends in my classes who were -more
than seventy-five years old, and they
enjoyed the study.
—J.A.B.
Dear Editor:'—I have an American
neighbor who tells me that a foreigner
can never get equal rights in this
country. I want to become a'citizen, but
if that is true, maybe I don’t care.
— Jacob L.
Your neighbor may be born an Amer
ican but he is far from being the kind
of American that helps to make America
Q. — I have had the misfortune to get a -better place to live in. If you have
drunk several times during the last two made America your permanent home and
years, and have been arrested by the intend to become a citizen you are not
Police and fined. Will that record- have in any sense a “foreigner” although
any effect on my application for citizen you are foreign-born and necessarily an
ship.
— J.S.P. alien until you -have become naturalized.
A. — It certainly will. The law re The rights in citizenship are defined
quires that an applicant must be of good ■by the 'Constitution and more specifici
moral character! The courts hold that ally by statutes, federal and state, and
any one who wilfully and knowingly there is no destination in -the equality
violates, the law is -not of good -moral rights in citizenship whereby the native-
character. .You violated not only the born citizen is granted special privileges
city law, but you also violated the basic' the foreign-born citizen cannot enjoy,
law, the fundamental law, the supreme save and except that no foreign-born citi
law of the land. The punishment for zen can become president of the United
violation of -that law is more severe on States. That prerogative is, as it ought
an alien than it is on a citizen. A citi to be, the one privilege of the native-
zen can only be fined and imprisoned, born, There are foreign-born citizens
but an alien may also be denied citizen- right now sitting in thè president’s
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cabinet, several are senators, congress
men, governors, high public officials,
justices of the courts and captains in
the world of business, industry and
finance. Your American neighbor, judging
by his neighborly spirit as evidenced
in his crude insinuations when talking
to you, is not the kind of an American
that promotes and fosters good will,, he
sees and acknowledges no virtue in
citizenship, save native birth, his
hoity-toity opinion of himself should
therefore not discourage you in your
plan to strive to 'become an American
citizen. Indications are that you will be
a better citizen than your neighbor. Pay
no attention to his caustic remarks and
when you have obtained citizenship you
will be your neighbor’s.equal if you con
duct yourself as an American should, and
it is beyond his power to deny you any of
the inalienable rights- that are due you
as an American citizens.
— H. J. L.
The Customer: “Is that a real ostrich
feather?”
Milliner: “What, for one dollar? Oh,
no, madam; ‘ostrich’ is merely its
nom de plume.”
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