OCR Text |
Show - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I ; IdJJxm IdJJxm"I "I I 'I 4IArAN " ' AM . AN AMERICAN ' In celebrating celebratmg "National National " Citizenship Week , " ttAmerican th thAmerican Amencan American people once again agam demonstrate the unity umty whitgives whicgives gives this thlB nation strength In schools , churches , cluband cinland and andcommunity commum community ty centers from coast to coast , Amen Amerloan Amerloanhave Amenoalhave have been giving sober Bober thought thQught tbQught to their aB as citizens Clhzens Climaxing Chmaxmg this program on May 19 , five mIl mIlhOJU1cople milhompeople mihonneople hOJU1cople hompeople in m approximately apprQXlmately 1,200 1200 , , communities commumtIes will to toout turout'lbr turoutlbr out ' Ur r rHI HI "I I " < < ! Am An American Amencan Day-procl81med Day procl81med Day-proclaimed proclaimed Day " - proclaimed by Presl Presi Presldont President Prosdent dont dent Truman as a nation nahon wide welcome to new cItizensThese citizensThese citizens citizensThese These new Dew citizens are Americans in the truessense truessense Bense sense of the word They cannot be 1dentIfled.by 1dentIfledby identified . , by thchurches churches th they y attend , or the tho birthplaces of their thoIr ancos anees ancostors aneestors ancettors tors They are Americans Amencans by virtue ofwhat of what is 18 in III thcihearts hearts and minds mmds They are Ameneans Americans because of theison sonIce serIce % ice to the ideals Idoals of freedom andequahty andequality and equalitySome eouality equahty equality eoualitySome . Some Somo of our 2,000,000 2000000 , , new citizens have recently TO re TOtu returiod returiWd tu turiod d from battlefronts where thoy they th y fought fough " to prcserv preserve preservefor preservfor ( for their country , , and for the world , , those essential frO free freedome freedoms { > doms dome without which civilized civlhzed men cannot live IIvo To them themin , ' In proclmmmg"I proclaiming proclmmmg- proclmmmg - "I I " Am An Amoncan AmeII'aJl AmeIIaJl American ( ' Day , " President PresidentTruman PresidentTruman PresidcnTruman Truman ( ' expresses 'xpresses xpresses the tho nation's nations ' - gratitude g-ratItude g ratItude "The The "Tho Tho " part play played played played , ed by this tlllS n nation bon in bringing bnngmg fullVictOry full victory to the AllIed AllIedPO AlliedE'ou AlhePouers ( * PO\\ PO E'ou Eou POera ' \ era ers during durmg th the ( ' past year has b beoi ben ( ' ( n possible tossible ) only be beHIt beau5 beaust H\I\t H I t au5 \ " \ ( . of th the ( > strength , the devotion d\otlOn d otlOn ( ' \ nnd nnt a11d ! the sacrifices of ofntlhol1 ofnillii oMillions p ntlhol1 nillii riiS < ; ofour of our young YOUI1g mou men mendtnd md dtnd mdWOUH dtndworm < ( nd wonu WOUH worm n on the battle battlei battleioiw , , 1014 " ' " ' i O11 < OtIW Othois Utheis } H ofour of 011 our I ' U ( iti/dis iti dis itlnns t 1/ 1 / 1JlS / ( JlS H u IK ( tlu t1 th } ( ( 200 200000 000 men mon and worneif womenf women ) f tor totinm ton ( 1r-1 1r 1 1 - . " 11 hll hi itIi i t tli tlilio h \ \\lio lio who \ \ ho hc he bei ( nrio mw sine natur nntur ili/cd ili cd llrnd ili7td / dunng during the past pastv pasy [ 9 v < ( 11 II a J In Jn n Ill Ins his . , pI pioluin pio odum ( liiin ition Itroll ttuli ) , t11 UK Hu Prchidont President PrLt-l PrLt l - ent pays tribute tnbute to toI tolit t tIK < ) } IK lit I ( 9t < s ( ( 111 nu IIKII ( n md"OH1 111(1v md 111(1 1111 ( "OH1 OH1 v " ' oln 0111(11 011111 0111(11lio ( 11 u w \\lio lio \ , \ ho ho "hen hen " ' "liavc liavc " ' h.n hn . L c bhown bhoWII shown loyalty and fl fi fi1hty fihlity . 1hty ] ( II ty , j I ( ( o ( ) ) t lh ( h IK ( n 11 a IKW 1Iw II ( ( W ( dtiznship rhznship I bz ( ( nslllP in III the performance perfor.mance . of all allho alllie allio ho lie ta"I taI ta " ks l,4 l4 , . , wlu whr windi ( h Ii liolp help to bring brmg the fUlp-l fUlp l final - andcom.J andcomplet and com.J comJ complet comple . > l t jp V1.Q V1Q . V1.Qr vikCrv &e e &etry & try ) r 0\ 0 of 0I ( > \ < ( i the ( ' OIK ant ( mF nuea mWH < ( s { of If the country c0U11try countryvhich , \vhich vhich vluch yvliich " , ' \ these thesb th s ci'ttzehS cittzehS ci'ttzehSInH cltzens cltzensi cit ' } zcniinvi . .tIdt1 ' InH i l ( m in niidoth niidothii H10 ule tlH th < ( ii 11 a own hy by i naturali7ation nnturah7atJon iturah7atron " .t t ' " InBtkfcnding Idt1endmg Idt1 Ii kfenduig endmg the thL St 8t irs and Stripes , , the foreign foroIgn born bornItIzens bornitizens borritizens ItIzens whom wlioin whom wo we welcome todmy tod . ly .y y my have earned carned on an old oldrnencan oldllmerican olcAmerican \rnencan rnencan llmerican \ trahhonrl traditionr1liese tradition trahhon ( rl Ilicse r1liese hese United UmtC'd UmtCd ' States Statcs were colomzecy colomzedy colonizediy colomzed colonized iy ) y freedom loving lovmg people from abroad"I abroad abroad"I " "I I " I Am An American Dav Day " " reminds remmds us of the great greatI greatespomublhhes greatesponsibilities grcalesponsibilities I espomublhhes esponsibilities bome borne by each of us-oldster us oldster us--oldster us - - - oldster as well at as asI asroungst asyoungsterwithin atoungster I youngster-within youngster within roungst oungster r-wthln r wthln - within ! the tho American Amencan familyThe familyThe family familyThe The unity umty which won the war is just as necessary necessaryo I necessaryI 0 o keep the peace Unity Umty among nations begins begms withIn with In Inenl inern inem enl ern . > < | unity umty In a very real sense , "one one " world " begins begms on onI onslain ontiain I slain l11n Street , U USA S A On each ofUR ofus of us UR rests rosts the burden ofroof ofwoof of ofroof roof woof ) that we are a unified umflOd people , standing together togetheragainst together.gainst togethergainst galDst against > . the tho anti democratic forces tliat that would sow BOW dIB dis dIBord disord disord ord ordrehglOus ordreligious religious rehglOus and ethlc-wlthm ethlc wlthm ethic-within ethic within ethic - - within our populaton"I populaton "I I " < " < ! Am An American Amencan Day " " inspires msplres us to reaffirm reaffirmhe reaffirmho he ideals ofCitIzenship of citizenship citizenshipin in m the greatest democracy in the theien therorld Torld i-en i en ! , - d |