I had tile. honor of beJng appointed cllirman of the iit visory board of the twelfth local district of Cook County. 11L.. and while discharging sucir duties I was. ostoundled at the great number of young men who claimed. exemption on. account of being aliens. Young- men who hail lived in our midst for years. given equal opportunities with- our boys. men who- were naking comfortable livelihoods. claiming exemption because they were aliens. They had received the. best the land could give them. they had left a foreigm.shore to. better themselves and had done so . they had immigrated here to be fee of the thraldoni of autocracy. and they refrained from! fighting for that freedom .. nod still- they so litte appreciated: it they hod not thought it worth while to bind themselves to the country of their adoption by the oath of allegiance. But. the. heirs: apparent of the landl. the firstborn. our American boys. had to go. they claimed: no such t.ceruption. amnd they weni willingly. They wNent to- fight the enemy of civilization in order to preserve intact tie democracy of the world and. of. this land.
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Young alien men who have lived in the US for years, making comfortable livings, claimed exemption from military service.