Show SAVE PUERTO RICO there a a bill before congress cc ogress to grant independence dependence to th the island of puerto rico anything that suggests suggest independence for any country comity today has an appeal and thereto therein loss lies one ne of the dg d dangers g or of this proposal the people of the united states me are totally unfamiliar with puerto to rico and what most it means to thus this nation they do not at realize it is III a dorril territory cy of the united states and can be the AG th state it te is therefore of the ut most importance that the widest pos possible a ible understanding of this issue be e gained immediately imm puerto rico is one of our most important island bases it guards the e panama canal and provides a point efrom from which we wa ca could old to intercept ter cean t an me enemy attacking auh east ern con coast there a are foreign powers that m would ld like to see puerto rico g given so called independence on the th e chance they c could led gobble it up p ta talk lk about vig V freezing ig our fen fellow citizens tm e as in puerto rico 99 per en cent of who whom in me are citizens of the united st states docs and 50 per cent of who whom are n natural born bom citizens of this country is fantastic the representative of puerto rico in our congress recommends a statehood I 1 for the island it would be costly folly to cast our ater island possessions adrift they are a fortified ring around our or nation natam they have real freedom and protection under our government instead of throwing puerto rico away under order a false banner of I 1 independence me w e would bitter give it statehood as advocated in both the democratic and republican notion nation at al platforms platform of 1940 and add a a new tat star t to our flag the danger of allowing any island island outa outpost ost of the Amero american cart contic continent nc to fall into the hands of anointer another power is illustrated by our loss of kika ika and attu aatu exchange |