¶ In Marlboro, Mass., faculty and students of Marlboro High School chose 18-year-old Ilse Naujoks, third-ranking student in her class, for a good-citizenship award given annually by the Daughters of the American Revolution, got turned down flatly by the Daughters. Reason: Ilse, daughter of German refugee parents, has never been naturalized. With unsinkable illogic, National D.A.R. President General Mrs. Frederic A. Groves explained the ban: "It is natural to assume that a good-citizenship award in a high school in the U.S. would go to a citizen of this country."
¶ Deciding that it...
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