Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-18
APPEAL MADE TO
PEOPLE AGAINST
CLASS DIVISION
Republican Nominee De
clares Un-American Poll
cies Must be Fought.
Correct Instructions to Chill
dren Declares Real
Necessity.

Marion, Sept. 1s.-Warning against
the dangers Of a hyphenated citizen
ship, Senator Harding told a gather
ing of foreign born Americans here
today that he believed the United
States must avoid "meddling" in the
affairs of other nations If all classes
Of American citizens are to be united
In loyalty to the government.
The Republican nominee declared
he did not blame the foreign born
for conflicting sympathies during the
world war, and asserted that the fault
belonged to the nation ITSELF. The
task Of thoroughly American: :zing
those of foreign extraction, had been
neglected and must now be taken up
with lis new determination.
Let us all pray that America shall
shall never feel the menace of
hyphenated citizenship" Said Sena-
tor Harding:
Not Unnatural
when the war clouds darkened
Europe and the storm threatened our
own country we found America torn
with conflicting mpathies and pref
udices. They were not unnatural; in
deed they were, in many cases. very
moted the American spirit: we had
not. insisted upon full and unalterable
conservation to our country-our
country by birth or adoption.
II do not blame the foreign born.
Charge 1t to American neglect We
proclaimed our liberty, but did not
emphasize the essentials to its pres
ervation. We boasted our nationality
but we did not magnify the one great
II speak for the fullest American
devotion; not in putting aside all the
tenderer and dearer attributes Of the
human heart. but in the consecrations
Of citizenship. We are 'unalterably
against any present or future hyphen-
atcd Americanism: We have put an
end to prefixes. The way to unite and
blend foreign blood in the life streat,
of America ia to put An end to
special appeal to any of them; an end
to particular favor for any of them
II want America on guard against
that course which naturally tends tt
array Americans e-airst "a clIs 81 sSa.a he.
!, do not Gnow Whe:ssef or Not Wash
ington foresaw this menace when HI
warned US against entangling alliance
and meddling abroad. but see 1t
and j sAy to you that all Americs
must. stand firm against this danger.
GUS and destructive and un-Americar
policy. Meddling is not only dan
gerOus to us because it leads us into
entanglements against which Wash
ington warned US but 1t also threat
ems an America divided in her owr
household land tends to drive into
groupA seeking to make themselve.
en- whose hearts are led away from
America first to 'hyphen first
Sounds Warming.
~. For America MS who love Americs
u sound n warning. -1t..is not beyond
possibility that the day might come
and may God forbid it-when al
organized hyphenated vote in Amer
3can politics might have the balance
of voting power to elect our govern
would be delivered out Of the hand
. OF her citizenship and her contro
might be transferred to foreign
capital abroad.
let us all remember. however
that America first does not meal
that the America which we all low
and under whose flag we must alway
an American blind to the welfare o
humanity throughout the world o
deaf to the call of world civilization
Blu. our ability to be helpful to man
kind and our preparation for leader
ship lies in first being secure at home
and mighty in our citizenship. There
in lies strength; therein is the sourc
of helpful example.
with an interest in commo
good. I urge now and shall with in
creasing conviction, always urge. tina
America shall give to her citizens tn
benefits Of social justice and the con
servation of human resources whic
humane democracy owes to citizen
ship.
Highest Standards.
"Our standards of living are tn
highest insist that American con
science recognizes the duty of pro
tecting our national health. I insis
that it will protect American mother
hood and American childhood and tn
American home. .st
Above all, we must give our al
tention as nation to American child
hood because American childhood
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