SEPTEMBER 1925
THE UNITED AMERICAN
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-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 Anonymous questions will not be published or answered in this forum.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.
Q.—Can an alien obtain a divorce in
Oregon?
—Etta B.
A.—Yes, provided that he or she has
lived in the state for the period provided
by statute. See the divorce laws of
Oregon.
—H.J.L.
Q.—Can I attend any night school in
Portland or must I attend the one nearest
where I live?
—Fenny P.
A.—Attend any school you prefer, but
it would naturally be more convenient
to attend the school nearest to youi’
home.
—H.J.L.
Q.—Can I join an American lodge
though I am not naturalized? —Joe D.
A.—Yes, unless prejudiced members of
the organization should vote against you.
It would be much better if the aliens
were absorbed in American lodges than
for them to organize lodges of their
own of a foreign pattern.
—H.J.L.
Q.—I am not naturalized, but living in
a remote mountain section in Oregon.
I have been hunting and fishing for
several years in the vicinity of my home.
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Astoria, Oregon
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I have no special license and I have been
told that an alien cannot hunt in Oregon.
Is there any truth in it?
—Pete R.
A.-—You have been fortunate not to
encounter the Game Warden, or your
hunting in the woods and fishing in the
streams of Oregon might have cost you
a nice little fine for being without a
license. Besides your fishing and hunt
ing license you must obtain a special
alien license which you may obtain for a
nominal sum from the Oregon Game
Commission’s office. Don’t go hunting
again without a license. It will cost you
a few dollars but breaking the law will
eventually cost you more.
—H.J.L.
Q.—Can an I.W.W. become a citizen
of the United States, if of foreign birth?
I know a man who was recently natu
ralized whose membership card in that
organization I saw only a short while
before he was admitted to -citizenship ?
—Christ S.
A.—No doubt that there are many
aliens with active membership in com
munistic and revolutionary organizations
in America and abroad who have become
naturalized as citizens of America, and
many of them are expecting to be, if
Uncle Sam continues to sleep at the
switch. By refusing to appropriate money
enough for the naturalization service, en
abling careful investigation and check on
the applicants for citizenship in every
community, Congress is primarily re
sponsible for the fact that we have
I.W.W.s, bolshevists, communists, anarch
ists, nihilists, polygamists, and vice-para
sites of all descriptions entering the por
tals of citizenship without any possible
chance of preventing their entry, as these
vermin always deny their affiliation and
belief. What’s going to become of our
country is a question, if we don’t begin
checking' against our enemies within.
Their voting army is increasing all the
time. Congress has all kinds of money
for every other purpose, but seemingly
none for adult educational and American
ization purposes and very little for the
naturalization service which has gone
begging for a number of years for suf
ficient money to make the service of
some use for the protection of the country
and deliver it from its present predica
ment of being the joke that it is with an
abundance of mediocre men in the service,
who are running to the extreme in one
direction or another. When Congress
learns to see this thing right there will
be sufficient money in the Naturalization
service to induce a higher class of men to
enter. A practical system of investigation
will then make it possible to keep out the
moral lepers and cut-throats and make
the path less cumbersome for those
whose life and convictions are in accord
with the principles upon which America
has been built.
—H.J.L.
Q.—Can an alien take a contract for
roadbuilding in Oregon if his bid is
accepted ?
—Jack L.
A.—Yes.
—H.J.L.
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and Mild Cured Salmon
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