It is a sad but a true thing to affirm that at the present time our people are not a really homogeneous people. though it is gratifying to remember that all the elements of our population did rally to our flag with a remarkable degree of unanimity during the World War. The Senator from New York stated a few days ago that there were 137.000 babies born In the city of New York last year and that 60 per cent of them were the children of foreignborn parents. The percentages of the foreign born In other great cities of ours are also very striking. There are communities in the United States that are just as alien in speech. in thought. in sentiment. and aspiration. so far as American conditions are concerned. as if they were situated in the heart of continental Europe. We all know them. though it would be invidious to mention them by name.
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Some communities are as alien as if they were in continental Europe.