The evening world. Newspaper, November 3, 1919, Page 18

; TOFIGHT FOR U.S; ~ITENSIP? No } Case of Christus Soufflas Re- veals Blundering or Too Much Red Tape. @ince May 9 of this year Christus Souffias, former private in the 305th Infantry of the 77th Division been trying to secure pers for United St He bas already made has second pa p. sits citizens sightecn v nat to the proper bureaus where Uralization papers to foreigners are He has interviewed countless filed o iseraed nd in these bureaus, its testifying to his chs ty, brought witne us six times to ba im money of $177.. And, after doing Ail this, he was told yesterday in the nce @f-an Evening World re- by Merton Sturges, © ° | | Haatiog Examiner, afidavit had evident one and be wou her javit of loyaity , messes must “bi, secured and the entire proceadure re- whieh again peated. A summary of the case of Bouffas, _ ig net Uncommon, complaints , and Which case Was dnvesti- | ®ated carefully, follows | yuttias arrived in New Yo ity 1910. from Greece, his birthplace, 1911 he returned to his na’ 5 Sept. 24, 1917, drafted into 1 Army; wounded in the Ar- @ gffensive and gassed at St. 1; Jan. 15, 1919, in accordance @ general army order, made y= tion for his second papers; apph- | later sent to Washington from , and in May, 199, Souffias dischapged, returning to his wee home at No. 203 Hast 40th Street May 20th > ge of the Bureau of Naturaliza- he appeared at Field No. 6 Beekman Street, and in uniform asked for his application, made in France. It was not there, and clerks could not say where it was. He was told, however, to come in again. He did and made three _ More visits, each time bringing with | Him his witnesses, two former sol- ¢ Giers, Zisis Papusis and’ Charles! "} Kanelopoulos, both veterans of the | -f) = F7th Division. ‘ i T June he was notified by the bu- | OR, renu his application papers had come 4 from Washington, and, arriving at the hareau with his witnesses, was told) it would cost hitn $4 to become a citl- | | Ren of the Nation which ,he served) jm France. | Bounffias recalled to the clerks the sions of the Sundry Civil Bill, whieh “permitted a soldier to be naturalized erupt charge, and was told the ident was «till in France, had not signed the bill and to come in Soufflas and his way, Decause jt was not rfecessary for him to have it by virtue of his being former soldier. A NEW “CIRCUMLOCUTION vised another loyalty aMdavit be filled and eworn to. mer Captain of his company in the 906th Infantry, who called the atten- liom of The Evening World to the ICIAL BLAMES LACK oF MONEY AND HELP. bathe a FIREMEN FELLED -!Capt. Shaw and Three Others | . | out. feneral army order and “the provi. | the office of the Naturalization juin Beekman Street yesterday er Sturges Was unable to give : trouble dua probably have no scouring “They will wait & long time before fo in there, ufflas declared after | ing the office of the Examiner. if 1 am good ¢ » fight and ¢ sugh to be fatiralized » withou ing seven to do it and losing a lot of | valuable time. , ‘When I came back from France with my orm ina sling I didn't want any one to fall on my neck and tell | me what a hero I was. No. I just wanted a square deal from the coun- | on, and I'm not get- | the only one who has | trouble, There are} re is no ren-| to me as if some 1s from our righ ting it been havin The SAVOY Colored Kid, also Patent Leather Combination $12.45 4 the °BY BURNING TIRES IN GARAGE BLAZE ON SALE TODAY We're not likely to have this model at this in Hospital—Condition Is Serious ‘ : -- price long. 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It was an hour and a half before ambu lance physicians had revived them 150 Bowery 252 W. /P25th Street 622 W. 18ist Street Yonkers, N. Y. Paterson, N. J. 297 Main Street Broadway 756 Broadway 1489 Broadway Bronx—557 Melrose Avenue ¢ Newark, N, J.—795 Broad Street Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 7 N. Broadway 118 Market Street wil, In the mean time, hundreds of auto- thobiles had been compelled to detour through the park or to the east. Many motorists parked their cars below or | above the police lines and watched the work at the sidewalk hospital | from a distance, | ‘Capt. Shaw and the other firemen ST RRRG ster is expected to go home to-day. | Tue others are in a serous condit:on. | | is used in more ways and at less cost than any other fat for fry- ing and shortening. It is the Pure Oil from Golden Corn Kernels. —= AB explanation of the difficulties ex- | by the discharged veteran @ther than that his was an wu Rate case. He declared he w Yesponsible -for what happen, out- wide the confines of his offices, that | the naturalization laws were neo warily severe, and added in a sta Uralization of aliens in the United tates takes place in New York City does not seam to appreciate | | this, for the appropriation is not suf " it to enable us to secure an ade- ig humber of. einployees to elimi: ki, delays and handle the rusn o 4 here, Inasmuch as we are gen erally overwhelin: bound to occur.” to the “loyalty and his witr withheld by t | Bturges’s office. and which is appar j the reason for the major p of the difficulty, the BE: not explain. He said, jen in my office Know bet ‘© withhold su " bound r tha Mistake may have kept the paper enty-five per cent. of the nat-| no possibility that Soufflas says is true and the FR Ever housew should have a copy of the interesting 68-page Corm Products Cook Book. Beautifully illus- Wand one full of infor- mation for good cocking. ‘Write for it today. 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