Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-30
COMMITTEE ON ALIENS.
Is Being Established By the connee-
 tieut State Defense Council.

The Connecticut State Council of Defense is adding to it's eleven sub | committees a new committee which is
 to have charge of activities relating Defense, Section on Cooperation with 1 states, has issued a report on the or ganization and activities of state councils which, among many other things, contains information about what is being done in work for aliens in some of the other states. notably New York and Rhode Island, neigh boring states of Connecticut with The report says:-
 Georgia, New Hampshire New York and Rhode Island have planned
 or undertaken q census of aliens, and ception of Georgia, a law has been passed providing for the compulsory
 Iegistration of aliens. In New York
 this registration was part of a gen.
 izens and aliens alike. The registra-
 tion of aliens by the individual states
 seems an undesirable expense and
 complication and the imposition Of
 an unnecessary burden upon aliens.
 Considerable activity of unquestion-
 able value has been conducted in
 these states in regard to aliens. In
 Rhode Island the citizenship commit
 tee of the state council has set itself
 the task of improving the facilities for
 naturalization in the state. The nat
 aralizaticn laws and regulations were
 examined and conferences held with
 the various justices of the Rhode Is-
 land courts and with the clerk of the
 United States and state courts. By
 this means it has been made possible
 that first papers may be taken out in
 all counties where clerks. have offices,
 and that aliens may be naturalized in
 all places where the judges go on cir
 cult. In addition to this work the
 committee has distributed widely a
 pamphlet of Information for Imn1i
 grants published in many languages
 by the National Society of the Sons of
 the American Revlution, and a pam phlet entitled "Questions and Answers for Coming Citizens" prepared for the tee also drafted two short circulars, one entitled Rhode Island Citizens" and one Non Citizens in Rhode Is land for general distribution. An relating to the aid which large employers of labor may give to increase the naturalization of the foreign born population has been undertaken by the Rhode Island council, and report on this subject is being prepared. Speakers have been enrolled to go in times of stress and excitement to the various centers of foreign born population to quiet and reassure these people by addresses in their own languages.
 Tn New York the division of alens | has developed an exceedingly effective Directly under the di- vision the following committees i research, legal advice, 1 field service among aliens, registra 1 tion, industrial resources, agricultural | resources, adjustments, and Ameri l canization. Subordinate to the divi | aliens in most of the counties of the | state. It is planned to establish such 1 a committee in each county, includ | ing alien members when possible; to have local committees under the county committee wherever there are | containing a large per 1 of aliens; and to have indus trial correspondents representing the l division of aliens appointed in each large industrial organization by the itself It is to be the duty of these industrial correspond ents to keep in touch with the aliens and know where they are and what they are doing; to direct their actiV-
 ty and to discover, report and pre- rent destructive measures on the part 1f enemy aliens; to make suggestions for the stabilizing of the labor sup ply; to render whatever service is possible in finding employment for aliens in the locality and in adjust ne difficulties between the aliens and ;
 heir employers; to report from time
 o time to the division of aliens and of importance: and finally, to distri- oute information among the aliens as 10 naturalization and their relation
 o the United States In addition to his organization the Division of Aliens contempiates institNtirg in-
 ormatioD offices in each county, con ,ucting a campaign for increased Ia laturalization, and for recruiting on he part of men who have taken out heir first papers To stimulate and assist all this activity a service bull etin of the Division of Aliens giving information as to the activities of all committees and the present alien problems has been printed and wide