Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-18
AVOID 'MEDDL|NG, =
HARDING Warming
. T0FORE|GN-BORN
Americanization Must Be Re-
neWed With New Determina-
ton, He Says.
BY the Associated Press.

MARION. Ohio, September ,1S.-
Warning--asainst the dangers of a
hyphenated citizenship. Senator Hard
ing told gathering OF foreign-horn
Americana here today that he believed
the United States must avoid '1ne6-
ding in the afrairs Of other nations
ment. NJ Fl
The republican nominee declared. ne
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 Americanixing
those Of foreign extraction, he said.
had been neglected and must be re-
newed with new determination.
America 4STorn'' In War.
Let US all pray that America shall
never become divided into classes and
shall never feel the menace of hy-
Harding. R p when the war sa'a clouds asas'oi o.
Europe threatened our own, country
we found America torn with conflict
ing sympathies and prejudices. They
were not unnatural; indeed, they
were. in many cases, very excusable
because we had not promoted the
American spirit; We had not insisted
upon full and unalterable consecra-
tion to our own 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 essentially to its preser.
walton. We boasted otr nationality,
but we did not magnify the one great
spirit essential to perfect national
Il 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
phenated Americanism. We have put
an end to prefixes. The way to unite
and blend foreign blood in the life
stream Of America is to put an end to
groups: an end to classes: an end to
spiritual appeal to any Of them; an
end to particular favor for any OF
them"
Il want America on guard against
that course which naturally lends
TO array Americans against each other.
do not know whether or not Wash.
ington foresaw this menace when he
ances and meddling abroad. but see
it, and l say to you that all America
must stand firm against this dam
gerous and destructive and un-Ameri-
can policy. ~.
@MeddlinE" In Dangerous.
''Meddling is not only dangerous t.
us because 1t leads us into the entan-
clements against which Washington
warned us, but it also threatens an
America divided in her own household
and tends to drive into groups seek
ing to make themselves felt in our
political life men and women whose
hearts are led away from America
"For Americans who love America
I sound a warning. 1t is not beyond
possibility that the day might come
and may God forbid it-when an or
ganized hyphenated vote in American
politics might have the balance of
voting power to elect our government.
If this were true America would be
delivered out Of the hands of her cit
izenship, and her control might be
transferred to a foreign capital
abroad.
what "America First" Means.
"Let US all remember, however, that
America first does not mean that the
America which we all love and under
whose flag we must always remain q
people united is to be an America blind
| to the welfare OF humanity throughout
| the world or deaf to the call Of world
civilization. But our ability to be help
| fui to mankind and our preparation for
home, and mighty in our citizenship.
Therein lies strength; the rein is the
source Of helpful example.
/ ''With an interest In a common good.
! urge now and shall with increasing
/ conviction. always urge that America
shall give to her citizens the benefits
| Of social justice and the conservation of
] human resources which a humane de-
mocracy owes to citizenship. Our
standards of living are the highest /
insist that American conscience recog-
nizes the duty Of protecting our national
health. I insist that. it will protect
American motherhood and American
| chfIdhood, and the American home
above ALL we must give our atten-
tion as a nation. to American childhood
because American childhood Is the fu-
ture citizenship of America. We must
| insist upon an American conscience act
| ing at once to raise our health
standards. especially as they bear upon
the welfare Of American childhood.
There can be no defense for working
oonditions which rob. the Ameeipan child
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