MARCH, 1925
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 Anonymous questions will not be published or answered in this forum.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.
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Q. — I notice that an alien has many
rights in this contry. What are the
direct advantages of becoming natu
ralized?
— Jacob B.
A.— A naturalized citizen of the
United States has the following ad
vantages over an alien:
1. He may vote at all elections for
officers of the local, state and national
governments, and in this state he may
vote directly on the making or the re
peal of state laws and community or
dinances.
2. He may hold any public office in
the United States, the same as a native
born citizen, except the offices of Presi
dent and Vice-President of the United
States. An alien can not hold public
office.
3i He can obtain passports to travel
abroad under the protection of the
United States flag. No protection in
traveling abroad is offered by the United
States to non-declarant aliens.
4. He may obtain title to government
lands under the public land laws, both
as to homesteads and mining claims.
5. He is entitled to income tax ex
emptions.
6. He is entitled to hunting and
fishing licenses the same as a native-
born citizen. He Should study and un
derstand the game laws, and the fishing
laws of this state.
7. He may hold any position, public
or private.!
8. He may serve on juries in all
courts.
9. He is entitled to all the other
guarantees, privileges, and immunities
given by the Constitution of the United
States.
.— J.A.B.
Q. — Will you mention some of the
principal duties of a good citizen?
— W.W.W.
Respect and guard the flag. Uphold the
Government and the Constitution of the
United States and of the state you live
in. Be useful ard loyal to your town,
city or community, to your state and to
the Nation.
—J.A.B.
Q. — A friend of mine made his decla
ration to become a citizen, but died be
fore he was actually naturalized. What
rights have 'his widow and minor
children ?
— Anton Z.
A. — The widow and minor children
of an alien who has made a declaration
of intention to become a citizen but dies
before he is naturalized, may themselves
be naturalized without making a decla
ration of intention, if they fulfill the
other requirements of the law.— J.A.B.
make a declaration of intention to be
come a citizen, but the petition for final
citizenship papers can not be filed until
the boy or girl is twenty-one years of
age. There must in all cases be at least
two years between the declaration of
intention and the petition for citizenship.
— J.A.B.
Q. — I have lost my first papers. Is
there any way I can get them renewed?
— Axel T.
A. — Yes. You can get a duplicate
from the clerk of .the court where the
first papers were issued, upon com
pliance with certain formalities and
proof that the papers were lost. Forms
for this purpose are provided by the
clerk.
— J.A.B.
Q. — How many different people and
nationalities may become citizens of the
United States?
—John S.
A. — That I can not answer accu-
rately, but in the night schools of
Astoria during the past winter thirty-
four different nationalities were repre
sented. The total number in those
schools during the present term was
388. All but three or four nationalities
could become citizens by naturalization.
— J.A.B.
Q. — What races and nationalities are
admissible to American citizenship?
— Edward Ihlen.
A. — Only immigrants of white people
and origin can become naturalized. The
American-born children of colored races
and people who have obtained legitimate
residence rights in America, obtain citi
zenship through their birth-right though
their parents who cannot become natu
ralized are barred from American citi
zenship.
— H.J.L.
Q. — When was the law made requiring
women to be naturalized?
— Nels G.
A. — The amended naturalization law,
placing women on an equal footing with
men, went into effect September 22,
1922. It is a natural outgrowth of the
adoption of the 19th Amendment to the
Constitution.
— J.A.B.
Q. — Can Japanese and Chinese be
come citizens of the United States?
Ella Tren
A. — Not unless they were born in
this country. Those who have immi
grated into America may reside here
permanently, but they cannot become
naturalized.
— H.J.L.
Q. — If a native-born woman lost her
citizenship by marrying an alien is it
necessary that she be naturalized?
— John W.
A. -— Yes. A native-born woman who
lost her citizenship by reason of her
marriage to an alien before Sept. 22,
1922, may ¡be naturalized in the same
way provided for alien women who
marry citizens, or whose husbands are
naturalized after Sept. 22, 1922, except
that no certificate of arrival is required,
if, during her married life she has resided
in the United States.
—J.A.B.
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