| Show IMPORTING OUR STATESMEN every american boy wants to be president but the foreign born child in this country knows that it Is an tm possible dream tor for him disqualified by our laws for the highest office in the land he can hope nevertheless tor for other high places right now sixteen onetime aliens sit in the united congress one is in the cabinet and two are on the federal bench jim davis now secretary of labor and republican senatorial nominee from pennsylvania Pennsylva aia came fiam wales who he was eight years old charles P mcclelland ellana arriving here from scotland at the age teen now serves as a judge in the united states customs court justice george sutherland of the united supreme court who looked out from his hia cradle on engish surroundings served in the house of re representatives as and in the senate before president harding appointed him to his present judgeship four senators are americans by process of naturalization they aber robert wagner of now naw york originally from germany felix hebert of rhode island canada james couzens coupons of 0 michigan canada and pa patrick trick sullivan of wyoming ireland the house honse boasts an even dozen representatives presenta tives born in other countries the two congressmen eaton baton of now new jersey and colorado representative sprout sproul ot of illinois and sinclair of north dakota are all originally from canada england sent us ua crowther of 0 new york and cooper ot of ohio ireland contributed mr air carley of 0 now new york while russia donated his colleague mr air dickstein the others are representative ot of illinois norway representative oj ot maryland italy representative sabath ot of illinois Do bohemia hemia and representative senta tive grosser crosser ot of ohio caledonia four ot of the foreign born congressmen could speak no english when they came here |
