Arizona republican., 1918-06-07
INTERPRETATION
 PLAN FUR NATION
 TOlDBY CHAIRMAN

(By Dr. Mary Lawson Neff, state chairman of educational propaganda for the Womans committee of the Council of National Defense)
 The federal government calls on all patriotic citizens for assistance in it's program of Americanization. At the request of the United States bureau of education, the Council of National De- fense asks all state councils of defense and all state divisions of the woman's committees of the Council of National Defense to assist in the carrying out of this program Carefully worked out plans are sent out on all phases of this work Bulletin number S6 is one of the most helpful. It treats of the need of Amcricanization, referring 10 the fact that many thousands of men now fin the training camps do not under stand English sufficiently to follow military orders and instruction. Men, ton is made of the industrial difficult ties which have been fomented among aliens by enemies of the United States and of the fact that a definite anti American paganda to convert the un-Americanized into an anti-Ameri- can population is being conducted.
 An outline of the national program and the state program follow:
 The first item on this state program is stated as "A Pro-American Drive" through speakers bureaus, the press, posters and other mediums. to arouse patriotism among aliens. This plan in- Cludes q liberal use of the foreign press, translations. of articles on war subjects, and of laws relating to aliens, as well as utilizing foreign language speakers.
 The second relates to the Americana zation of aliens through education, both in the English language and in American customs and ideals. Night schools or schools at the noon hour or between shifts. are to be established and wide publicity given to the fact, coupled with constant effort to show the advantage of the instruction given.
 State aid is of course to be secured for these schools which would other- wise be unevenly distributed and ir- regularly administered, even if it were possible to finance the work by private contributions from patriotic citizens. Often a combination of public and private agencies is effective. In Cali fornia, for instance, where a state con- mission of immigration was already established, the work was put into the hands of this commission and other patriotic organizations assisted. In Los Angeles last summer a series of night schools was carried on under the direction of five paid directors, who were experts in this work, with nearly forty volunteer helpers
 Emphasls is laid oh the value of classes for women in cooking, food conservation, knitting. sewing and the like, which are to be conducted in such a manner as to utilize the point of con- tact made by teaching these subjects as a means of teaching American GUS toms and ideals and the English language"
 Arizona has a problem somewhat different from the states where the foreign people are newly arrived emi- grants. A hard and fast program could hot be applied to all states, but the helpful suggestions of the Bureau or Education, which have the force or war order to all patriotic citizens, make the entire method of procedure plain to those who will have the re- sponsibility of putting them into effect.
 In addition to actual teaching the furnishing of free text books is ad- vised and in some cases printed matter will be more valuable if prepared and printed for local use. Classes cannot always be most advantageously held in schoolhouses, though these should be always available. At times the home class will be best. and sometimes the class at or near the place of work will be convenient and acceptable. It must be born in mind that the teaching of English is only a means to an end the making of a loyal, intelligent and .fsqfuI citizon