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JANUARY 1926
THE UNITED AMERICAN
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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 Anonymous questions will not be published or answered in this forum.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.
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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.
Unless you have affidavits in your pos
session, properly acknowledged, sustain
ing your story of origin, you should
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cality where you were reared, sustaining
these facts as far as they know them
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regulation form.
—H.J.L.
Q.—My sister and I came to America
in 1912. My sister married an American
citizen in 1918 and I married an Ameri
can citizen in 1923. How is it that my
sister is an American citizen and can
vote and I can not. 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.
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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. Didn’t you
hear the man say that they’d stand lots
of punishment in the seat?”
—Am, Legion.
Two of a Kind. Judge—“What is this
man charged with?”
Officer: “Intoxication, your honor.”
Prisoner: “Judge, I’m as sober as you
are this minute.”
Judge: “Pleads guilty—ten days! Next
case!”
—Am. Legion.
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And On and On. Blake: “So you’ve
been married for eleven years. What do
you live on?”
Drake: “Oh, we just live on.”
—Am. Legion.
Unidentified. Emanuel Jackson, mule
tender, appeared one morning on
crutches.
“Lawsy!” exclaimed a friend. “Ah
thought yo’ was one o’ de bes’ mule
han’lers in de business.”
“So Ah is,” affirmed Emanuel proudly,
“but we done got a mule in dis mo’nin’
dat didn’t know mah reppitation.”
—Am. Legion.
Naughty Boy—Hands
Off. “You
certainly have a trim little waist,” said
her admirer.
“You’re right,” she replied, “there’s no
getting around that.”
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Overdoing It. Sam:—“Is dat mule a
good worker?”
Sambo: “Good worker? Huh! Dat’s
why Ah is sellin’ of him!”
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Exactly. A Scotch preacher had been
abroad and when he came back he was
preaching to his congregation on the
marvels he had seen.
He wound up with this: “And the same
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Astoria, Oregon
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Creator who made the vast ocean made
the dewdrop. The Creator who made the
mountain made the pebble. Yes, and that
same Creator who made me made a
daisy!”
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