THE UNITED AMERICAN
APRIL 1925
Page Nine
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-horn 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 Anonymous questions will not be published or answered in this forum.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 have been told that I must wait
five years from the date on my Inten
tion paper before I can apply for citizen
ship. Is that correct?
—Billy R.
A.—No. You have to wait only two
years after date of the First paper, but
you must have been in this country fully
five years. Your Certificate of Arrival
will best prove'your claim to having been
here five years.
—H.J.L.
Q.—I have been in America little over
one year, will I be permitted to go fishing
on the Columbia River this summer?
—Eldor. F.
A.—If you have been residing in Ore
gon for one year you can obtain a boat
pullers license, but you cannot obtain a
license to operate a boat and net in your
own name until you become a citizen.
—H.J.L.
Q.—How can I obtain instruction in
citizenship this summer?
—Ivan T.
A.—If you live in Portland, communi
cate with the Superintendent of the
Public Night Schools. 'One public school,
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at least, will be kept open all summer for
that purpose. If you live in some re
mote district where there is no school for
that purpose, you may write to the
Naturalization Examiner at Portland1 and
obtain his advice as to what books you
should buy.
You may also. obtain as
sistance in your studies from some
American citizen where you live.—H.J.L.
Q.—I am an old man now and to my
sorrow I neglected to apply for citizen
ship when I was younger. I should like
to tell all young people to avoid being
as foolish as' I was. It should be the
most important business of every man
and woman to become a citizen as soon
as possible. No one said anything to me
about it when I came here, many years
ago. There were no schools then for
immigrants and I didn’t think it of any
importance any more than most of my
friends who went regularly to the
churches and lodges of our nationality.
I never learned to read or write the
language of America well enough to do
me any real good. My grand-daughter
is writing for me what I want to say. I
can talk fairly well, of course, with a
little mixing with my native tongue and
an accent that bothers me much. I have
always read my native language papers
and books in the old language, but if I
had spent less time among my own
people and reading foreign languages, I
know that I should have been able now to
read American and feel more at home
here among my children and grand
children than I do. I am a stanger
among my own people and in the country
where I have lived most of my life. But
it would not do me any, good to go back
to the old county, things have changed
over there too, and all those I knew when
I was young are either dead or gone
away. I should like so much to become
a citizen before I die, but they would not
have any pitty on an old man, I suppose,
and as I can not learn all what they ex
pect now-a-days. I guess it’s my punish
ment for being a fool when I was young,
that I must die a citizen of no country.
—Andres. P.
' A.—Your case is one in many, many
thousands. Negligence is one of the ter
rible sins we ' often suffer from. No,
there was no incentive in the group with
which you were affiliated then any more
that there is in that same nationality
group of today. It’s the same sad old
story. When the group herding stops
we shall have done away with the cause
that is making cases such as yours so
common. Your inability to read the
American language is going to be your
greatest obstacle in acquiring the
knowledge necessary to become natural
ized. If you are in good health, it would
be well to try. Many old people are to
day making the grade who did not be
lieve it would be any use, but who were
willing to try.
-—H.J.L.
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