FeIn a message dated 98-05-28 08:33:47 EDT, you write:
<< The Democrats were reforged under Al
Smith as principally the party that would represent the immigrant stock
of the cities. As the Democrats succeeded, outsiders were brought in.
Jews and East Europeans whose fathers had been persecuted and
criminalised were brought into the Town Halls. An urban American
identity is forged by a mixture of cajolery followed by acceptance.
Growing to value their American citizenship first, the ethnic identity
falls away. Fighting in the 2WW consolidates this patriotism.
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