An Englishman Asks American Mayor Why The Discrimination
The Mayor of New York got a letter recently from Mr Henry Proops, an Englishman living in New York.
Mr Proops is the only man so far to upbraid the Mayor (name William O’Dwyer, birthplace Co. Mayo) for a recent promise he made to New York’s Irish-Americans.
Mr O’Dwyer said the only way Sir Basil Brooke, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, would get a City Hall reception would be if he, the Mayor, dropped dead. The first question Mr Proops asked was “Were you speaking as an official?”
If so, he went on, how did the Mayor reconcile his promise with a statement he made in his official capacity and displayed in every bus and underground carriage.
This says how un-American it is to discriminate against race, colour, or religion. Asked Mr Proops: “Can it be that there are two Mayor William O’Dwyers?”
Final question from Mr Proops : “When a foreign national becomes an American citizen, does he retain original nationality?” The Mayor’s reply: “No comment.”
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 25, 24 April 1950, Page 4
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