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Americanization of Aliens
Urged by Administration
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The United States Bureau of
^ Education is engaged in the task of
welding the many races and nation
alities comprising America’s 13,000,
000 foreign born and 33,000,000 of
foreign origin into a unified Ameri
can people back of the fighting line
—a task of large importance to the
successful prosecution of the war.
The Council of National Defense,
in a recent resolution, indorsed the
Americanization work of the United
States Bureau of Education and re
quested the several state councils
of defense to lend their assistance
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j to that bureau in carrying out its
program in the several states. ,
Duties Outlined.
We therefore ask that where such
committee does not already exist
you form a committee on Ameri
canization of aliens to perform the
following duties:
1. To assist the United States
Bureau of Education in carrying out
its national program for Americani
zation.
U. To undertake *a state program
of Americanization according to
the plans outlined by the bureau
of education.
The national and state program
and the assistance requested of state
councils of defense in its execution
are set forth in the attached outline
prepared by the United States Bu
reau of Education. This extensive
program includes a considerable
work of particular interest to
women. This work should be under
taken, therefore, in close association
with your state woman's division,
and the committee on Americaniza
tion should represent the work of
both men and women of the state.
The woman’s committee is ending a
copy of this outline to the chairman
of its several state divisions with
the request that they co-operate with
you and with the United States
Bureau of Education.
Valuable Work Reported.
i Valuable work in regard to aliens
I has bee nreported by the state coun
I cils and state divisions of the wo
men’s committees in several states.
It is not the purpose of this article
to discourage this work, but merely
! to aid integration of state work with
! the national program for Americani
zation.
i This article is submitted as an out
; line of the nature of the work to
; be performed and as a basis for
; planning the work in your state.
With your intimate knowledge of
| local conditions, you will know best
how to adapt it to your needs. It
will be supplemented from time to
time by more detailed statements of
work of immediate importance. We
, ask that you organize for this work
j at your earliest convenience and re
; port to us for transmittal to the
United States Bureau of Education,
the membership of the committee
which you appoint, or of the exist
ing committee which you designate
i to carry on this work.
Outline of Program*.
At the request of the United
States Bureau of Education the
council of National Defense asks all
state councils and state divisions of
the woman's committee to assist ii
the following national and state pro
grams for Americanization and sub
mits suggestions as to the nature o:
this assistance:
1. r.’eed of Americanization
A unified American people bad
of the fighting line is essential t(
a successful prosecution of the war
There are in the United States 13,
000,000 foreign born and 33,000,00(
of foreign origin. The presence e:
this number, both of aliens am
quasi aliens, presents the followinf
problems, the solution of which i:
intimately connected with the uni
fication of America for the war:
(a) Many thousand men of for
eigrT birth who do not speak Englisl
sufficiently to understand militar;
orders and instructions are now ii
training camps.
(b) Anti-American propaganda t(
convert the un-Amerieanized masse:
into an anti-American population i:
being conducted among aliens by en
emies of the United States.
(c) Industrial difficulties havi
been fomented among aliens.
(d) It is estimated that 5,000,
000 foreign-born whites do not speal
! the English language, but speak in
stead over 100 languages and dia
I lects.
2. The Present Situation
The United States Bureau of Edu
1 cation has been intrusted by thi
i federal government with this tasl
I of Americanization. In addition ti
| this federal government agenc;
! there are a host of organizations am
agencies, official and unofficial
' now attempting to deal with Ameri
Icanization without adequate corre
llation. The United States Bureai
of Education has correlated many o
| these agencies through the mediun
of an advisory council on Americani
' zation known as the National Com
mittee of One Hundred. But th
.efforts of the many agencies in th
j several states have never been cor
| related upon a state basis. Th
bureau of education, therefore, de
: sires the state councils of defense
la) To assist in forwarding it
1 national program for Americaniza
; tion.
(b) /To undertake the executio:
of its state progwn for Americani
zation. 9
(c) In coqjy-'4tn therewith t
'correlate all t . !^B e and local agen
;cies into a urptii state system.
3. The National Program
The national program of th
! United States Bureau of Educatio;
calls for the following work on th
.part of the United States bureau t
“make English the language of th
nation.”
(a) A nation-wide campaign o
publicity to insure the attendance o
immigrants at night schools, and th
: interest of Americans in the pro
ject.
(b) Publication and distributio:
of schedules of operation for agen
cies co-operating and bulletins fo
school authorities.
(e) Publication and distributio:
of a federal schedule of standard
and methods covering legislation, or
ganization, and administration, am
! educational extension.
Id) Publication and distributio:
of an educational guide for immi
grants.
(e) Distribution of the names o
incoming immigrants who are unable
i to speak English to the variou:
school authorities. *
(f) Publication and distributio:
of leaflets in foreign languages.
(g) The correlation of all agen
cies upon the basis of one federa
program of Americanization.
(The schedules .bulletins, circular:
‘and other publications mentione:
may be secured from the Unitet
States Bureau of Education on ap
plication to the state councils of th<
I Council of National Defense.
4. The State Program
The state program of the Unitet
j States Bureau of Education calls foi
the following work on the part oi
■ each state:
(a) The appointment of a stat*
committee on Americanization foi
which the following are suggested a:
members: representatives of th«
state council, representatives of th«
state division of the woman’s com
mittee, a representative of the state
board of education, one or more em
ployers of alien labor, representative:
of other state boards interested in
this problem, representatives of vol
untary agencies for Americaniza
tion.
(b) It is desirable for this com
mitttee to delegate its executive
work to a state director of Ameri
: canization, representive of both edu
cational and industrial viewpoint.
(c) An immediate campaign un
der the slogan of “Make English the
language of your state.” This cam
paign includes the following ele
;j ments:
1 (1) A pro-American drive through
speakers’ bureaus, the press, post
ers, etc., to arouse patriotism a
1 mong aliens. This work includes:
(a) Editorials in foreign languag-i
es in the foreign press.
(b) Translations and printing of
i important speeches on war subjects
and of laws and regulations relat
ing to aliens.
(c) Utilization of foreign-born
i speakers, speaking to aliens in their
’ own language.
(d) Mobilization of the foreign
elements themselves through con
1 ferences of their representatives to
■ determine a basis of co-operation.
i (2) Americanization of aliens
• through education.
(a) Education in English. Pro
' motion of the organization of class
es in English in night schools, in
• settlements and in factories at the
; noon hour, and (in places where it
■ is deemed advisable) direct organi
• zation of such classes at the noon
hour or between work shifts. A
more detailed statement of the meth
■ od of procedure is given in schedule
s 1 of the United States Bureau of
: Education.
> 1. Wide publicity to all classes in
’ English and Americanization which
1 are open to aliens. A more detailed
. statement of the method of pro
- cedure is given in schedule 2 of the
- United States Bureau of Education.
1 2. Stimulation of schools to un
" dertake the education of aliens in
> English through the distribution to
the school authorities of a list of
the non-English speaking aliens in
their district.
3. Endeavor to secure state aid
for evening schools for aliens, a
state supervisor of such schools,
- state training for such teachers, and
if possible, compulsory night school
3 attendance for non-English speaking
- illiterate minors from 16 to 21 years
of age, through appropriate legisla
1 tive enactment. A model bill for
■ this purpose has been prepared by
the United States Department of
5 Education.
4. Endeavor to secure city super
visors of immigrant education under
local boards of education in cities
? having large immigrant population..
1 5. Arrangement for free texts to
1 be used in teaching English, includ
• ing patriotic speeches, etc., embodied
; in simple language.
(b) Education of aliens in Ameri
f can customs and ideals. (The alien
f man is often best reached through
? the alien woman.)
1. Arrangement for cooking, knit
ting, and similar classes for alien
1 women in immigrant centers of pop
•; ulation and conduct of such classes
: in such manner as to utilize the
point of contact made by teaching
1 these subjects as a means of teach
1 ing American customs and ideals
■ | and the English language. Day
^ nurseries are a valuable adjunct to
these classes.
1 The groups of foreign women
' now engaged in preparing knitted
goods, bandages, and comforts for
soldiers afford valuable bases for
' such classes.
1 2. Extension work in the homes
to reach the immigrant women in
1 [ the same way.
(3) Citizenship:
| (a) Work for the simplification
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and easy comprehension of the (
means of acquiring American citi
zenship.
(b) Publication of literature and
pamphlets on the process of naturali h
zation for distribution among aliens.: 1
(4) Correlation of work for
aliens: Correlation of all the organ-!1
izations and agencies, official and 1
unofficial, which are already en- ^
gaged in Americanization work in !
the state and the establishment of
fundamental standards throughout
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complished by— i
(a) State and local periodic con
ferences of representatives of the
principal organizations and agen- j
cies or.
(b) Appointment of a central co-1
ordinating conference on Ameri
canization with representatives of
the principal agencies and of the
aliens themselves.
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HOUSTON, Tex., April 3.—The
state legislature has ratified the
proposed federal prohibition amend
ment.
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