The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-19
PLANS BIG SOCIETY
Foreign Born Americans to Or
ganize an Association.
New York Will Be the Headquarters
and the Organization Will Be
Nationwide In Its Scope
and Purpose.

New YOrk.-Tho movement started
in this city to organize an association
for the promotion Of the welfare OF
foreign-born Americans Is now in full
swing. The organization will be ma
tional in scope
According to Charles Dushkind, an
attorney of Beekman street, who is
active in promoting the proposed new
organization, 1t is designed to make
New York the headquarters, and to
establish branches in every city Of
prominence in the country. Leading
business men in almost every state
have been communicated with by Mr..
Dushkind, and their active co-opera-
ton has been assured.
One of the means by which the as
ISOLATION will give publicity to it's
purposes will be the publication of a
monthly magazine. In this publica-
ton all questions of public interest
to foreign-born Americans will be dis
cussed by writer's Of prominence.
Such topics as immigration, foreign
relations Of the United States, the
Improvement of the social and eco
nomic conditions of foreign-born resi-
dents of the country, and kindred sub
jects will be considered.
1.-THE principal objects Of the or
ganization now in process Of forma-
tion," said Mr.. Dushkind, "are to pre-
sent the foreign-born American in a
proper light before the public and to
check the unwarranted attacks to
which he is subjected continually by
public men through the press, from
the platform and in various other
ways. 1t is our purpose to inaugurate
campaign of education, so that the
foreign-born American may be better
understood by those who have been
prejudiced against him by the false
hoods uttered by men who can recog
nize no good traits in any person not
born in the United States"
Mr. Dushkind said that the new
organization did not design to adopt
recriminatory policies. On the con
trary, the policies will be concilia
tory, the sole object being to estab
lish kindlier feelings between Amer
lean citizens of every class or nation
atty. The principal aim of the or
ganization, he said, will be to eradi
cate racial prejudices to the end thai
complete harmony may be establish
ed.
In the advance literature prepared
by the promoters of the new Organiza
ton stress is laid on the fact tina
one-third of the population of the
United States is composed of person:
of foreign birth, and that among these
are men and women prominent II
finance, business, polite professions
literature, science and art. 1t is con
tended that without the foreign labor
population In this country little ad
vancement would have been made il
the last twenty years in the prosecu
ton of public works and great i'm
provements.
Despite this fact" said Mr. Dush
kind, every infraction Of the law b!
persons of foreign birth, however in
significant, has been grossly exag
| gerated or made the subject Of bittel
racial attack, while the same offense.
| committed by American-born citizen.
have been CLOSED over or overlooked
entirely. This is the fault of the sys
tenn which prevails of attacking per
sons of foreign birth in furtheranc'
Of a desire to restrict immigration t.
this country of the people needed
most to assist it in making materia
progress. To condemn all foreign
born American citizens because o
the delinQuence Of few is grossl.
unjust, and the time has come t.
abolish this damaging code of ethics.
A committee on organization com
| posed Of well-known business and pre-
fessional men in this city has beer
actively at work for three weeks en-
listing the cooperation of prominen
foreign-born citizens in tht movement
Extensive correspondence with me-
in Chicago, ST. Louis, San Francisco
New Orleans and other cities ha
been in progress.