The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-06
CATHOLIC MOVE FOR EDUCATION
 BY THE MOVIES
Machines Mounted on Mo- tors Will Visit Isolated
 Places.

" asnlnSton, Aug. c. - Training thousands of batteries of movie ma chimes on the quarters where ignor- a.nce and illiteracy hide true Ameri- can democracy from nine million foreign -born or unInformed people the National Catholic War Council today began a nationwide campaign of civic education that will enlist twenty thousand workers. Behind a barrage or periodically educational films. fit tea Tor the comprehension of every foreigner and of every illiterate, regi ihents or mtnute-Inen, trained to the language and customs of these cIass- es Will light to bring to them the real meaning of democracy, their right. ana obifga lions under the Amertca, oe1'ocrauc government and the fund am ental principles of industrial 1us- nee. Until every district, darkened to :, ue A1nerlcanism, Is so enlightened .i'' noIsheVlk1sm can not breed ,-' tne civic campa1gners of the Nat1onal Catholic War Council da0 ciare that they will never let LID in activities po'-"af
 From the decks of a fleet of auto
 trucks, that will carry a "camionetre" ii''h service to the most isolated s[oups or miners and woodsrnen s
 eii as rom every available platform HI the congested quarters of +b, -"i ser cities, the minute-men of thts movement have already begun to arlVe home the truths of denocrac1 III the tongue and vernacuIsr of +bair various audiences. Their itinerary ia based on special survey of the Ioca uon or the five million immigrants "ho Know little or nothing of Amer tca ana Its language, and of the four iiiiilloh native-born illiterates Be-
 tween specially prepared patriotic, CIVIC, social welfare and vocationaI -eels, 1nterspersed with clean comics stirring talks on the history of the struggle of democracy in this land ana among other nations, on the Americans rights and oblieattons and on vocational opportunities and industrial Justice will be given in the language of the hearers
 Although Intensive drives to reach lnlo the heart of the foreign and liIlterate quarters throughout this country will be one of the main oh Jectlves of the civic educational cam paign of the National Catholic War Council, its reels and speakers ara also prepared to offer to all English speaking audiences, such as groups of
 oioH "Ho may desire more in iornatlon of American civic funda- mentals, comprehensive courses ou the workings of our government. In every case these entertainments will De brought as close as possible to the people, and will be entirely free and open to every one who cares to at tend them. Beyond a preliminary course Of six weeks and a continua- ton course of twenty-four weeks with hirns and speakers, the National Catholic War Council is prepared to offer simple text books to all it's audi tors who are interested. In many in- stances it is hoped that both the in- structfon by film, lecture and text book may be made permanent in To- cantles they are most needed
 Summarizing the objects of their new civic campaign, leaders of the National Catholic War Council declare that Tn civic education the folIowing points should be emphasized: O. All the people, both native and i'm migrant. should know what democ- racy means. (2)-They should be ac- quatnted with their rights under de- mocracy (S)-They should have a knowledge of their obliga tions In a democracy. (D-They should be ac- Quainted with the simple workings of the government. (5)-They should know how to invoke the powers of the government for protection and understand the voting privilege (6) Finally, they should be acquainted with fundamental principles of in dustrial justice
 Numbers Of workers are inclined to lose interest in our democracy If they are unable to receive sufficient wages. reasonable hours of work and sanitary working conditions, and if they are not given a voice in regard to the terms of the wage contract It Is our duty to point out to the work ;-Ts their rights and that there exists sufficient machinery to secure these rights. We should convince the American employer to give the workers G voice in regard to the terms of the labor contract. He ought to realize that if workers do not see some hope of obtaining justice and fair play under the present sys- tom there Is a grave danger of their going over to the ranks of the revo- |