RADICALS: No Alien, No Citizen

Eugene V. Debs, several times candidate for President on the Socialist ticket, last week planned to spend two months in Bermuda with his wife. But a doubt crossed his mind. If he went to Bermuda would the immigration authorities allow him to return to the U. S.?

During the War, Mr. Debs was imprisoned for violating the Espionage Act. Later President Harding commuted his sentence, but as a result of his imprisonment he lost his citizenship, which was never restored to him. Although he was born in the U. S., he might be debarred...

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