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Registration of Aliens
Starts This Month Fines
Face Those Don’t Obey
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 — As
part of the National Defense pro
gram a nationwide registration of
aliens will be conducted from
August 27 through December 26,
1940. by the Immigration and
Naturalization Service of the De
partment of Justice. Registration
will take place n the post offices
of the nation. It is expected that
more than three and one-half mil
lion aliens will be registered
■during the four-month period.
Registration is made compul
sory by a specific act of Congress
the Alien Registration Act of
1940, which requires all non
citizens to register during the
four-month official registration
period. The law requires that all
aliens 14 years or older are to be
registered and fingerprinted.
Alien children under 14 years of
age will be registered by their
parents or guardians. When alien
children reach their fourteenth
birthday .they will be required
to register in person and be fing
erprinted.
Fine—Imprisonment
A fine of $1,000 and imprison
ment of six months is prescrib
ed by the Alien Registration Act
for failure to register or re
fusal to be fingerprinted or for
making registration statements
Tcnowh to be false.
As part of its educational pro
gram to acquaint non-citizens
with the registration require
ments, the Alien Registration
Division is distributing more
than five million specimen forms
listing the questions that will be
asked of aliens at registration
time. Besides the usual questions
for establishing identification,
the questionnaire asks the alien
to tell how and when he enter
tcl tVie country, the method of
transportation he used to get
here, the -name of the vessel on
which he arrived.
He is also asked to state the
length of time he has been in this
country and the length of time he
expects to stay. He must also
describe any military or naval
service he has had, and list the
names of any organizations, clubs
cr societies in which he partici
pates or holds membership. In
addition, he is required to de
scribe his activities in any or
ganization, and to affirm whether
. cr not the organization furthers
the interests or program of a
foreign government.
Sample Forms Available
To make their registration eas
ier, aliens are being asked to fill
cut sample forms, which will be
available prior to registration,
and take them to post offices
where they will be registered
and fingerprinted. Every register
cd alien will receive by mail a
receipt card which serves as evi- j
denVe of his registration. Follow
ing registration, the Act requires
aliens, as well as parents or
guardians of alien children, to re
port changes of residence address
within five days of the change.
The Alien Registration Act
was passed so that the United
States government may deter
mine exactly how many aliens
there are, who they are, and
where they are. Both President
Roosevelt and Solicitor General
Biddle have pointed out that
registration and fingerprinting
will not be harmful to law-abid
ing aliens. The Act provides tha‘
all records be kept secret and
confidential. They will be avail
able only to persons approved by
the Attorney General of the Unit
ed States.
Fingerprinting
Fingerprinting of aliens carries
no stigma whatsoever. Thousands
of citizens are voluntarily finger
printed every year. Members of
the United States Army and
Navy are all fingerprinted, as are
many Government workers. In
recent years, many hospitals have
established the practice of taking
footprints of newly-born babies.
Because fingerprinting is the only
infallible method of accurate
identification, the United State
Government has adopted it as
part of its registration program.
In signing the Alien Registra
tion Act, President Roosevelt
said, “The Alien Registration Act
of 1940 . . . should be interpret
ed and administered as a pro
gram designed not only for the
protection of the country but al
so for the protection of the loyal
aliens who are its guests. The
registration . . . does not carry
with it any stigma or implication
of hostility towards those who,
while they may not be citizens,
are loyal to this country and its
institutions. Most of the aliens in
this country are people who came
here because they believed and
had faith in the principles of .Am
erican democracy, and they are
entitled to and must received
full protection of the law.”
Disloyalty
Solicitor General Biddle adds,;
“We should remember that all
Americans were at one time orj
another immigrants from other
lands. The genius of many coun |
tries,the ancient aspirations of
many races, have built into what
is America. Unfortunately there
are some foreigners who are dis
loyal to America, who do not
wish to accept our ways and who
use our freedom of speech and
of the press to foment disunity
and sedition.
“These persons we will appre
hend, but we will also see to it
that loyal American aliens are
not unjustly condemned for the
disloyal behavior of a few. Our
registration will be their protec
tion from persecution.”
No Antagonism
The Immigration and Naturaliz
ation Service asks for the cooper
ation of all citizens in carrying
out the Alien Registration pro
gram in a friendly manner so
that oulr large foreign popula
tion is not antagonized. It is
suggested that citizens may be
of great help to their non-citi
zen neighbors or relatives by ex
plaining to those who do not
speak English well what the
registration is, where aliens go to
register and what information
they must give.
The Registration of Aliens pro
gram has been set up as a sep
arate division of the Immigration
and NaturaTzation Service. The
program is being directed by
Earl G. Harrison, under the gen
eral supervision of Major L. B.
Schofield. Special Assistant to the
Attorney General.
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SERVE D—Welcomed visitor
to the White House is 69-year
old Bernard Baruch (above),
who during the last world war
was chairman of important war
industries board.
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Square Deal
LUDVIG E. OST |
Republican Representative
General Election September 10th
ALASKA MINES ESTABLISH
HIGH SAFETY RECORD
Alaska mines in 1938 employed
4,023 men, 1,067 of them under
ground to a final report of the
according to a final report of the
United States Bureau of Mines
on accidents and employment in
the metal and non-metal min
erals. Coal miners are not in
cluded.
The Alaska employment ex
ceeded that for New Mexico,
Oregon, South Dakota, Washing
ton or Wyoming, of the Western
States.
The mining fatality rate in Al
aska for the year was .82 killed
per million man hours. This is
just under the U. S. average for
the year of .83. It is lower than
the rates of Colorado, Idaho, Nev
ada, South Dakota, Utah or Wash
ington.
*The Alaska injury rate is 50.29
injuries per million man hours.
This is lower than for any West
ern States except Wyoming and
compares with the national aver
j age of 67.61.
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WILDLIFE AGENT FORCE
DOUBLED NEAR AIR BASES
The large increase in popula
tion at Anchorage and Fairbanks J
has made it necessary for the
Alaska Game Commission to
double its force of Wildlife
Agents in each locality for the
time being. Executive Officer
Frank Dufrense announced.
Dufresne, who returned to Ju
neau recent'y from the westward
and Interior, said Wildlife Agents
Grenold Collins and Jack O'Con
nor are now stationed at Anchor
age and Sam White and Clarence
Rhode at Fairbanks.
Newcomers tend to be the
worst game law offenders, large
ly through ignorance and the
wrong attitude toward wild life,
Dufresne said. To many of the
"green” workers, animals exist
only to be killed on sight, he
said the agents had found.
The Nome Daily Nugget carries
several forms of printing blanks
i for your convenience — Dredge ;
| Logs, thawing and drill reports
! Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
Location Notir” Vouchers,
To The Voters Of
The Second Division
We have had, since 1932, greatly increased appro
priations, throughout Alaska for Federal Buildings,
Schoolhouses, Road and Landing Fields, for Rivers and
Harbors, for Public and Geological Surveys, for Coast
and Beodetic Surveys, for the Coast Guard and Light
house Service, and recently thirty nine million dollars
for Army and Navy bases in Alaska, as a part of the
National Defene system.
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Firm in the realization that the Democratic Party
is dedicated to the principle of representive self gov
ernment, and that its political creed makes it a true
party of the people, we the undersigned Democratic
candidates for Territorial office, ask your support in
the forthcoming general election September 10th :
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
ANTHONY J D1M0ND
ATTORNEY GENERAL
HENRY RODEN •
TERRITORIAL AUDITOR
FRANK A. BOYLE
HIGHWAY ENGINEER
Wm. A. HESSE
TERRITORIAL SENATOR
0. D. COCHRAN
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ELIZABETH M. CROSS
HOWARD LYNG
W LEONARD SMITH
FRANK H. WHALEY
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