According to Attorney Koota I wonder: How many generations must we be Americans to be steeped with this spirit of Americanism with which he believes he is possessed? Can it be said that only Hawaii has a foreign ideology as its back. ground and not Brooklyn. N.Y.. or any city in this country where its people are of immigrant stock? We feel that same pride when our colors are presented. our skin like yours rises in goose pimples at the playing of -the national anthem. our eyes like yours -wept as many tears over the death of our latePresident Kennedy. our blood as been shed in three wars for the defense of our country and is now being shed again in Vietnam. I am willing to match the love and devotion to our country of the people of my State whose only difference is the color of their skins. with any group of people anywhere in America. The greatness of our country lies in our people. diverse and of all possible immigrant backgrounds. who are bound together by their common love of freedom and liberty. No law is needed to require this loyalty. no punishment. not even confinement in wartime relocation camps with complete denial of due process. can obliterate this loyalty. The love for our country cannot be destroyed. the Nation cannot be injured by the mere burning or defiling of one flag.
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