To. a very large extent they are not. A vast majority were born on foreign soil. and. as I have said. do not speak our language and have nothing in common with the dyedinthewool American. Some of them have been naturalized but between onethird and onehalf of the entire number are still aliens and utterly lacking in all the elements which go to make up the patriotic American citizen. Is the United States ready to be dicta ted to by these men? 1. have In my hand a letter written. to me by the vice president of the National Coal Association. I asked him to give me the percentage of aliens employed in the mines. and he writes me as follows:
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Aliens are portrayed as lacking the qualities of a patriotic American citizen.