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Show MUST TAKE OATH Tfl 00EY18TH AMENDMENT Aliens Sworn Into Citizenship Have to Make Specific Pledge , in Los Angeles. U. H. nislilct Jui1k niftlpoe cut new ground nlicn liu tuliiiliitatrnnl tlie until lo iipll:iitit for American cltlziirlil In lilo lutturnllzutfon court, In I.i AnifolcR. Ax llii! aliens were lined up In front of ilic licncli (lie court nuked tlicnt If tlicy werq In fnvor of the Klgti.tccntb Atiifudmeiit to the Constitution tlmt prolillills tlie mntnifiicturi-, iratipmta-tloii, iratipmta-tloii, ,ale and tire of Inimlcatlnj liquor.. Tliey nil 911 III tlioy were. Continuing tlie court Mid. "Tliere tins rccfiitl.v licrii n Rrcut Imp unif'cry Htiout tlie urn of llh'lit vlius nml lifer, liotli uro liiitixlcfliinr, niwi tlioir np'iii tirplillilt-d liy tlie Cnitllutloii you are uliout to take tlie imlli to upiuirt nnd defend. Are you lii fnvor of IIkj Kight-eentli Kight-eentli Anicudiiient of t lie nrjrnnlc law of tlie land ms imicli hr you tiro to oilier feftturex of Hits American Constitution? Consti-tution? The ConMltutlon must be olieyed nn n whole, utid Hie uiitlonal prohlliftion iiiiieiiduii'iit Is n purl of the Instrument. V)u .ciinnot differentiate. ' Wlint do jou think uliout It? Wlurt hnve you pot to say nliout Itand you nnd .toti?" the court po'li'itlui; to euch of the applicants MnudliiK In tlie lon IliM-). j They nl stvnro fenlty, In the Cmutl-tutlon, Cmutl-tutlon, KiKlitniitli Aiiiendinent mid all. Sojii of the Mepn xtVi-c-a hit stir-prlK'il, stir-prlK'il, hut they to"l an oath to ohey nil of the Constitution, llqur hiiiuihI-meiif. hiiiuihI-meiif. and all. It watt the llrit time In (he history of the local federal court that such a test was ever put to the, opiillrnutx Nir American cllixt'iislilp. More than the usual number were re-'ectcd re-'ectcd for tile rcuMin that they hail put forth their allenshlp to escape military service. "No foreigner who uhleldH himself hehlnd hjs nativity when the touiitry needs, him can he mule a citizen In this eon it," 'ald' Tiid'ci- lindioe. |