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NOVEMBER 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 Anonymous questions will not be published or answered in this forum.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.
I. Q.—Don’t you think it is an insult to
decent respectable men and women,
[though guilty of the crime of having
[permitted themselves to be born in a
[foreign country, to be asked in open
[court, when subjected to a naturalization
[examination, whether they believe in po
lygamy, or not? Surely the European
[countries, no matter what else they lack,
have as good marriage laws as they have
in America. Such a question embaresses
a woman and furnishes some smart
examiner a chance to grin and make you
feel his thoughts are not all on the
governments business.
—Anna J.
| A.—No, I don’t think its an insult to
ask that question. If the examiner is
conducting himself unproperly, as pointed
out, he cuts a sorry figure in the trans-
action and you should pay no attention
to his grin. You are quite right that <
most European countries have as good
marriage laws as - we have in America,
in fact in most countries they are better,
because it is not so easy to get married
«nor is it very easy to get a divorce—
France being an exception, something of
a Reno in Europe. But admitting this fact
■does not remove the reason for ask-
ling the, citizenship applicant this ques
tion in open court. Too many married
■people are today disregarding the laws
of marriage in most countries inasmuch
as many of them do not care to go to the
■trouble of getting a divorce from one
spouse before they acquire another. Some
of them are living almost in open polyga-
my. Too many married men have left
■their native country, and a family, behind,
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to seek a fortune in America, and after a
while over here have decided to abandon
the old country wife and children. Many
of them marry an American girl while
a wife is still living over in the old
country, anixously awaiting news from
a husband who went to America. Such
men frequently come into an American
court asking citizenship. Should that
fact ever become known you can readily
see that the culprit, having lied under
oath, has jeopardized himself in a very
serious way. The asking of this question
is largely a matter of form and should
not be looked upon as being offensive,
besides it gives a measure of protection
to America in the eventuality, that the
party seeking citizenship is guilty of this
crime.
H.J.L.
to believe that your entry is morally legal
and there is no doubt that the court’s
would so hold in the event that it was
tested out. You should under all circum-
tances, if there are no other complications
in your case, be able to secure an immi
grant’s status, by paying the eight
dollars head-tax due the government, and
obtain a clearance certificate enabling
you to remain and to apply for your
Declaration of Intention paper. The local
immigration office in your city will give
you every information desired. —H. J.L.
Q.—I am foreign born, but I was only
a child when my parents left the old
country and came to America as immi
grants. My father was naturalized many
years before I became of age and I was
told I needed no .naturalization papers
on that account. My citizenship has
never been considered a matter in ques
tion by anyone until it was abruptly
presented in a recent case. What must
I do to adjust this matter? —Theo. P.
A.—Secure a copy of your father’s
naturalization papers from the county
clerk in the county in which your father
become naturalized or the federal clerk
in that district, whichever the case may
be. That is all you will require to prove
your citizenship.
—H.J.L.
Q.—When the war broke out I was
sailing the high seas as a sailor on a
German ship. When we arrived in an
American port we were ordered to wait
for further orders. When America de
clared war our ship was seized by the
American government and I was not
permitted to return to Germany. I was
consequently detained against my own
wishes and meanwhile I learned to like
America so well that I went to work. No
one has bothered me and, by saving, I
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property and now that I have no desire to
return to Germany I want to become a
Union Fishermen’s
citizen. Of course I did not enter America
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of the American government.
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government has never made me feel that
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straightened out.
—J.P.Z.
A.—Your case is one to be handled
through the Department of Immigra
tion. If the case is as you state, you are
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entrant for the very reason you have
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entry to that of an immigrant, paid
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