The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-12-08
un,,ed rrcss Service

WASHINGTON. u. c., Dec, s
The annual report Of Commissioner
Richard X. Campbell. of the Bure III
of Naturalization, to the Secretary oi
Labor, for the last fiscal year shows
how routine governmental agency
has been transformed into grea,
humanizing force. This has been ac-
complished by linking together those
state Americanixing agencies. the
public schools Of the entire country
with the Department of l,abcr.
through its Naturalization Bureau in
the definite and concerted action OF
helping our foreign friends qualify
upon higher standard Of admission
TO American citizenship.
A most striking feature of this con-
structive and humanitarian work Is
the startling fact that all OF this de-
parture and expansion has been ac-
complished without taking any ad-
ditional money from the Golfers of the
United States treasury. This is in
deed injecting the most modern busi-
ness methods of money saving. IL not
money making, into governmental
operation in the place of the proven
bial high cost of operation due to the
red tape usually supposed to be un-
wound by the agents of Uncle Sam.
Indeed this Bureau of Naturalization
by reason of Its high efficiency and
measures of economy. has turned on
otherwise costly system of admins
tration into a revenue producing
machine.
In 1905 when 3 portion of this
bureaus activities We're conducted
by another department. the cost ran
more than Sos. 900 above the natural
ization fees collected. but since all
of the affairs looking to making citi-I
2ens have been turned over to this
bureau OF the Department of Labos
there has been an annual average of
over $4,000 In fees in excess of all
crst of maintenance. This bureau is
not supported from the general taxes
by the government. Indeed,
the citizens of the United States do
net bear one cent of the expense of
this governmental agency. 1t is ell
paid for by the foreigner who Is ad-
mitted to citizenship. In other
" ords. from the $500 paid by each
foreigner for a good administration
Of the naturalization law. all of the
expenses of his Americanization are
paid and over $65 900, on an average.
has been turned into Uncle Sans
pocketbook every year. |!
To confer the title Of citizenship
legally upon our foreign friends is no
iifficulty at all as shown by the whole
sale method which prevailed before
the government bee ,me 2 citizen
maker. New with the linking TO-
gether OF the public schools the old
order has ceased to exist and the
three greatest Americanixing forces
have Joined together In seeing that
citizenship is kept clean and the title /
conferred in such manner that any
may have a sense Of pride
,rhen a naturalized citizen is referred
10 instead of one of shame. as hereto
lore. These three agencies are the
Federal and State courts throughout
2.345 counties in every State in the
and Alaska and Hawaii. the
Federal government and the public
schools. In every State in the Union ,
these courts have worked hard In |
hand with the Federal government
for ten years, but during the last two
years the people have been brought
into the support OF this law through
The third element, the peoples pub ,
lie schools.
Last year every superintendent of /
schools in every city and town Of /
2.500 population and over was ap-
realed to by the Naturalization Bu-
reau to join this nationwide Ameri-
movement. Favorable re-
sronses came from every State in the
Union expressive Of desire to CO.
operate. Six hundred and thirteen
cities and towns opened the doors of
The public schools to the foreign
born friend in order that the names
Il all the candidates for citizenship
and their wives might be sent to
hem by the Bureau of Naturaliza-
ion. In this way the schools and the
for citizenship were In
reduced to each other. At the same
ime the bureau sent letter to the
'andidate and his wife urging them
o learn American English, better
heir condition, and to establish an
american home through this distinct
v American institution. the public
chool. and to go to the school near
st their h0me NaarIv nuartar NJ