Evening star., 1918-06-16
one-Lansuage People.

man ideals and German kultur."
one-Language People.
He quoted from Elihu Root to the
effect that ito be a strong and united
nation we must be a one-language
people" and referred to recent. utter
ances of Col. Roosevelt denouncinE
the teaching Of German in the schools
In this country.
Senator King suggested that II for
efgn languages must be taught in the
schools, French and Spanish should
be taught and not German. He pre-
dicted ever-increasinE cooperation
and friendliness with the Latin Amer
tcan republics and said that 1t would
be well to have Americans learn Span
tsh. the language of those countries.
There are thousands Of American
boys OF German blood. some Of them
born in Germany, In our Army across
Nelson of Minnesota. ,''Do you think
it wise to rub it in on those young
men by attacking the language of
their parents?"
Senator King replied that there are
thousands of Germans in this country
Germans in Civil War.
Senator Gallinger said he was i'm
pressed by the remark Of Senator
Nelson.
Thousands Of Germans fought in
the civil war to uphold this Union"
he continued, "and never would be-
lieve any of them disloyal. We want
to encourage these people to stand
Of German in the schools here will
not add to the possibility of winning
the war"
Senator King placed in the record
excerpts from the views of many
leading educators of the country to
man should be eliminated. He said
that Germany today has been out
stripped by the United states in cul-
tures In science and in every other
way, and that the children of this
country will lose nothing in abandon
ing the study Of German.
He said that II 1t was desired to
continue the study Of German in the
colleges and universities that was q
different thing, but that 1t should be
eliminated from the grade and high
schools.
The Senate COMMITTEES amendment to
place the crossing police on the Dis
trict pay roll instead Of having them
paid by the street railways was Wig
orously opposed by Senator Smoot Of
Utah and Senator Mckellar Of Ten
nessee. They. insisted there was nc
benefit by the fact that the police are
placed at the street railway crossings
to prevent accidents. should be freed
from paying their salaries and the
burden placed upon the District OF
Columbia. The amount involved was
about $4,000.
Senator Smith of Maryland, in
charge Of the bill. and Senators Cal
Hnger and Nelson took the view that
all the police Of the District should
be paid by the District and none of
them should be paid by private cor
porations. They insisted that in
other cities Of similar size to Wash
tngton the members OF the police
force are all paid by the municipali-
ties, whether they are stationed at
street railway crossings, or not
''The crossing policemen here are
o protection against the automo-
biles," said Senator Nelson. IT am
not afraid Of the street cars-you
can see them coming. But when.
get to a street crossing I am lookins
for those cursed automobiles. We
need protection against them, and
these crossing policemen give it to
U.s."
Senator Smoot. just before the bill
was passed, denounced the Item in it
providing $4,000 for the community
forums and civic centers in the public
school buildings.