The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-02
NATIONAL APPROXIMATION DAY

Advces from almost every quarter of the country indicate
 widespread enthusiasm has been aroused among civic CTS over the plan to make the Fourth of July this year nercanizaton Day" Mayors committees in more than cities large and smal have been appointed and have ed to carry out part at least the ideas the National rcanlzation Day committee, whose headquarters are in city
 The idea already forth in posters and in instructive ature distributed in mills and factories, schools and ges and civic and commercial organizations s roughly to up great proportion of the fifteen million foreign born Tents o America on Independence Day and aside from the worn patriotic exercises of the day, to mbue newly ralzed citizens and aliens with the full of what rica means to them
 In its preliminary work, the Amercanization Day ee believes has already stirred civic leaders, educational orltles and employers particularly a of what orelgnborn population to America. Letters from
 number of prominent citizens have borne expression to effect that the responsibility of the American towards the should be more fully set
 The manner in which the Americanization Day program be earned out will vary somewhat in the different cities large number of them will follow the suggestion of the raj committee to holding a reception to which the gnborn whether citizens not, will be invited to meet city officials and other prominent citizens Arrangements )elng made in number of cities for the of audorums
 large platforms, which the most recently added citizens have special seats of honor special feature of the sion will be the recitation in unison of the oath of the iance to the United States, the American flag is red Pageants and patriotic motion pictures will be of the program in some cities
 The United States Commissioner of Education O. P Cax who has issued official circular endorsing the movement
 that among the things which the speakers Amercanza Day should emphasize That every foreign speaking on in America should learn English by attending the public ols because the English language is the master key rican opportunities and life and the first step real enshp that every terate mm grant should learn read write that he read American newspapers and attend onaly to his business matters and that adults and children and fOreignbo be given civic training in both evening day schools so that everyone in country will under the functions of our government the principles of ocracy and for what America stands"
 During the Flag Day exercises June 14 the schools of country largely furhered the movement for Amercaniza Day and the committee believes that the outpourng on
 4th will be so inspiring that the idea, which is given onwde consideration this year for the first time, will be jed to still further with each succeeding year In addition to the organized celebrations in the cities hborhood meeting of the foregn-bon planned in the Ter communities, at which American employers or hbors will be hosts.
 The organization of the National Americanization Day mittee includes than fifty prominent and women very walk of life. Among them are: Nicholas Murray er Thomas A. Edison James Cardinal Gibbons John Grier oen George Won L. Meyer, Jacob H. Sch Mrs. Cornelius derblt and General Leonard Wood. The chairman is ak Trumbul and the treasurer, William FeOwes Morgan ew York. Everybody endorse movement of this kind it tends to make all better Americans