In calling upon our fellow Americans to join in this great effort. we know no race. color. or creed. We know them all as Americans and. as such. they have a clear duty to perform. At this point I take the liberty of quoting from an address delivered by me to the House on Let us all remember. whether we be Jew or gentile. native born or foreign born. white or colored. that no one of us has had any control over these natural facts. No one can say that he is personally responsible for where he was born. what he was born. and the color of his skin. The most that can be said is that we are what we are because of the accident of birth. but as to whether we are good loyal Americans is something which is peculiarly within our own ability and within our own control and. therefore. a persons Americanism should be tested. not by what he orally professes. but is to be measured by his willingness to make sacrifices in the service of America.
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