Evening star., 1918-06-16
King Amendment ADOPTED
Prohibiting Teaching of
German in Schools.
CROSSING POLICE STAY :.
ON TRACTION PAY ROLL
Other Members Of Force, However,
t..s
Get Increased Pay Provided.
,Denunciation of Appropria-
tions for Civic Centers.

Inc Senate yesterday afternoon
passed the District appropriation BIZ,
with the half-and-half plan of meeting
expenditures provided for in appro-
priations reinserted, and carrying a
total of $15,s55,44s.66. ="
An amendment offered by Senator
Hing of Utah, prohibiting the teach-
ing Of German in the public schools Of
the District, was adopted and is now
part of the bill.
The measure will be sent to con
ference and threshed out by the rep.
resentatives Of the Senate and House.
With the exception of the Senxts
committee amendments placing the
ffty-six crossing policemen now paid by
the street railway companies on the Dis
trict pay roll. along with the rest Of
the police force. and the King amend
ment, consideration OF the District ap-
propriation bill had been concluded
in the Senate Friday evening. -
Stay in Traction Pay. -
The Senate yesterday refused to ae-
cept the committee amendment plae.
Ing the crossing policemen on the Dis
trict pay roll. They will continue TO
be paid by the street railways, as they
have been since 1888. -.
Increases in pay proposed for the
police, however, were unahected by
this action. The police will receive IN
creases. provided the House agrees to
the Senate amendments. e-a~
The increases for the privates Of the
police force are: Prtvates OF class one.
$1.320 each. instead Of $1.2e0: priyates
and priyates Of class three. S1.oso. in
=. ne ns,l King amsnament 4, to ,,s stop DsIs ss
schools is 9 limitation upon the Ak;
In the. District bill. providing that
The amendment was adopted with
out q record vote. On a division. four
ns ment and o'do = Dozen aI or more enc voted % Tor
it The four senators who opposed
the amendment were Senators CAL
1inger Of New Hampshire. Smith of
Maryland, Guion Of Louisiana and Nc
Lean of Connecticut.
Point Of Order Made. -
Senator King first offered as an
amendment q straightout prohibition
against teaching German in the pub
Gallinger made a point Of order on.
the ground this was general legisla-
ton on an appropriation bill. Sena-
tor King then offered his amendment
limiting irs the espenditurs ndt nnn,.ot Of the
point of order and just as effective
for the purpose
In opposing the King amendment
Senator Gallinger said:
Il have no doubt but that the sena-
tor from Utah is sincere in his effort
to stop the teaching of German in the
public schools. But we can go too far
in our prejudices sometimes and In
our desire to punish somebody or
German is one Of the languages
accepted by the world and taught in
every school and university on earth.
believe that they have passed legis-
it. I think they have In Chicago. But
I do not see any good that can come
from it.
"As I happen to know, a few years
ago English and French were taught
in every school in the German en-
pire. 1 cannot see that in a moment
Of hate we should interfere with the
educational processes at the capital
of this country"
Kenyon Supports Amendment,
Supporting the King amendment.
Senator Kenyon Of Iowa said:
'I think Germany should be branded
as a world outlaw, and we should
never have anything to do with her
I'VE may brand as much as we
choose" replied Senator Gallinger,
''but we will have something to do
with Germany after the war closes"
Kenyon. ''in a commercial way. We
cannot compel the people of the
United States to trade with Ger
many"
"As long as commercialism exists
in American hearts. as 1t certainly
does now, / imagine we will trade
where we can trade to the best ad-
vantage" said Senator Gallinger.
Senator King declared that one of
the main weapons used in German
propaganda had been the teaching
Of German in the public schools. He
said that writings of the 'intellectu-
ais" of Germany stated that Germany
would some day dominate the entire
world. and that. among other things.
the German language should be the
language of America.
Public Schools Used.
He said that the plan of the Ger
mans contemplated the use Of the
public schools. and that they had
used the public schools in this coun-
try for that purpost. He connected
the German-American Alliance with
this purpose and propaganda. declar-
ing that the German-American All
lance had sought to impose German
kultur on this country and to pre-
vent the absorption Of Germans who
come to this country into AmericaHE
Germany is a moral leper." said
Senator King "She will be ostracfzed
by the world in the future. Nearly
all the large cites OF the United
states are abolishing the teaching of
German in the schools.
mo more wicked, sinister. subtle
has ever been carried on
by any people in the world than has
been carried on by Germany to pre-
vent the absorption of the German
ueople who have come to this country
into American life and American
ideals AS a result of 1t We are to-
day a polyglot people.
1--WE have Germans in various parts
of the United States where we should
have American citizens; we have Ger
mans who have sworn to uphold the
of the United States,
who have taken the oath of al
legiance to this land. but whose SYM
pathies are with the fatherland. The
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