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Page Eighteen t..... ■ JANUARY 1926 THE UNITED AMERICAN ----------- A Question and Answer Page for Foreign-Born Questions on Americanization, Naturalization, Citizenship, Civil Rights and all matter® 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 Anonymous questions will not be published or answered in this forum.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.—My father and mother were immi grants on the way to America some thirty years ago when I was born, some where on the Atlantic Ocean onboard an immigrantship, the name of which I never learned, nor the date and month it arrived in America, and where. My mother died before we reached our desti nation and my father passed away a few weeks later. I was given into the care of some kind people in the state of M., who reared me, though they never adopted me. Now both of my foster-parents are dead. Can I regard myself as a native Ameri can or what is my status? —‘Freda L. A.—Most people would consider you as an American with every right as such and you may have exercised all these, even the franchise without a challenge from any source, yet, according to the law, you are an alien in your own country. Your nationality and nativity is that of your parents and you are, in the eyes of the law, an immigrant such as they were. You may possibly be in a still more difficult situation. Having been born at sea, you were not registered as a passen ger at the port of embarkation and your arrival, which took place while the vessel was at sea, was probably neither recorded nor your name entered on the ship’s mani fest. It is also likely that you for that reason received no certificate of arrival and could not obtain one now even if you knew the date of arrival and the name of the ship on board which you were born. 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My sister never was naturalized, yet I am told that if I want to voté and-be of her standing, I must be come naturalized ? —Ebba W. A.—That is correct. Your sister who married in 1918, obtained citizenship through her marriage to an American Citizen. This law was amended in 1922 and went into effect in September the same year. Since then, the status of an alien woman remains the same though she marries an American citizen. To obtain citizenship and equal rights with your sister, who married before the law was changed, you have to comply with the regular naturalization requirements. —H.J.L. Fresh and Salt Smoked Meats and Fish 199-201 Taylor Ave., Astoria, Ore. I I = .2 riiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiitiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiimiiiiiuimitiiiiinitmmiiiimiiiiimmiiiiiimiiiiiimiiif Unwelcome Recommendation. Mother: —“But why all of a sudden don’t you like those trousers, Bobby?” Bobby: “Listen—did you buy them to please dad or to please me ?” “Why, you, of course, Bobby.” “Well, I don’t want ’em. 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