Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-18
LEADING CITIZENS
UNITE TO HELP IN
AIDING ALIEN BORN
Industrial Conference Names a
Committee to Plan State
Wide Program
THE NEED is IMMINENT

which a suggestion OF Alnerlcaiil2atio,i
for Delaware, that should be State wide
in character, was received at dinner
of the Service Citizens of Delaware at
tbe Hotel du Pont last night, and the
immediate steps taken to ascertain the
advisability of such step forward,
il would appear that the first work IN
the upliit Of the state which the Service
Citizens arc to render this Common
wealth is we'll underway.
The dinner took place at the Hotter
du Pont, in which the industrial ana
financial leaders, and prominent men OF
native and foreign birth professional ana
commercial participated There were
nearly dozen speeches setting forth the
need for Americamging the foreigner,
I'll conconcurring that only through such
methods would it be safe for this country
for aliens in the future to reside here,
owing to the wonderful changes the war
has made.
Following the addresses, Lammot du
Pont moved the following motion that
was passed:
That the Executive Committee OF the
Service Citizens be requested TO appoint
. committee of seven, nominated ny TINS
Conference, 10 act rs an industrlai
Americanlzation Committee of the Service
= lffTFnS. 10 EtHslQti tbi 49, - N'AN
Service Citizcns upon Cd the practlca-
hilitv of an immediate tmerlcanIxatlon
program within the individual plants;
l2) the methods by which this group may
best cooperate in a state Americani-
,ation program: t31 resolutions concern
ing pronosed federal and state legislation
on Americanlzatlon, and such other
matters as NAV be presented.
Henry l.. Scott, who presided IN the
absence of Pierre 5. du Pont, VINO was
detained at home because of illness, nam
ed Mes rs. John j Raskob, James L.
Winchester and Horace :. Wilson rs a
nominating committee. This committee
selected the following men who were
accepted as the committee. Henry Rldgeiy,
Dover; c. b. German, DIR. G. Layton
Grier. Milford; r. H. Richards, John G.
Savior, Frank p. Whitlock, W. Z. Blatz.
JUDGE GRAY CALLS FOR ACTION
Former Judge George Gray introduced
Dr. Joseph H. Odell Director OF the
Service Citizens and made magnificent
eztemporaneoe.s address He told how
he was glad to have met with his fellow
citizens during the trying times OF the war
and that out Of the coafliet and ITS sa~rl-
ices Americans reye themselves newly
smericanized He referred at some length
% cur duty towards the alIen, and that
II was necessary that we should teach
him what true democracy means That
IL does not mean unrestricted freedom,
but restraint that teaches respect Tor
government sand law and the rights of
Others.
He commented ON the fact that America
i no place for at soiutism or its deyotees.
In closing he paid 3 splendid tribute
70 Pierre :. du Pont, and the magnificent
work he was doing for this community
and commonwealth.
APPEALS Fog ALIEN.
DR. Joseph H. OdeIl, the director OF
the Service Citizens. made his first ap-
pearance before that body IN public
way at the dinner His address, while
brief, was to the point, and was an appeal
for Delaware 10 do its duty for the
foreigner.
One of the difficulties in aiding the
foreigner. he said, was because America
ALWAYS counted the cost He told how
The foreigner came to this country with
great hopes in hi heart and dreamln !;
dreams OF happiness, that were seldom
realized. But we do not realize that, and
do not understand the alien. We buy
Liberty Bonds and aid other charities and
content ourselves with the thought that
we have done our part, he continued.
DR. OdeIl commented on the fact that our
forefathers ASST lated the foreigner, but
that for the past decade this country had
failed to do as out forbears had. He said
the country had been too busy with its
iuxlIries and accumulation of money. But
he contended that Americans knew their
Job, whether they had given 1t the atten-
.ion it demanded or not He emphasized
the fact that the Italian boy OF today
might be the President or leader OF this
country tomorrow.
He referred TO the TACT that but 10
rer cent of the citizens of Delaware were
foreign born, and for that reason he could
not see why the task of assimilating Ills
10 per cent by the remaining 90 per cent
of the population should be such hard
task. He said that this country would
be Judged not by what the boys had done
in France, but by the way the people al
home had done their job
Prior to DR. Odell, who was the last
speakr several professional men anG
industrial leaders had gwen statistic:
that showed conditions N tins State
Among these was Toastmaster Scott. Mr.
Scott SAID In part:
NEEDS OF DELAWARE.
nero ID an IHsytbdDit CDLBeGbiOI
between the industrial development and
the civic and educational progress oi
this State. ii Delaware, with its water
ways, It's railroad facilities, It's genera
accessibility and its natural resources
OF many kinds, is to secure and keep
the national industrial importance which
these assets make possible. then every
condition of the State must have essen.
tial soundness and vitality. And these
conditions must be sufficiently attrac-
tive TO satisfy the most alert and gifted
of our young men and women to remain
at home and to find here adequate op-
porCunity These conditions must also
attract to Delaware men and women
looking for such opportunity In healthy
vigorous and profitable conditions oi
social, educational and political life.
Our immediate problem is TO develop
such conditions in Delaware az will bring
10 the State the best kind Of industries
and the best kind of workmen, by max
ing IL the place where people viii desire
10 1--we and TO stay. And the question