New Britain herald., 1919-01-03

Lore1sHors n0t wish to be- come Americanized lat them TO back where they belong"
 On the surface, the torspo,n~ .. sert5on appears to be assa:vable at 100 per cent. Ann ertcanisuo b7,t even oursory reflection is sufficient to cause wonderment whether the Governor has actually lived an Connecticut and knows conditions here or whether he has only recently dropped from an other planet. To take the Governors last statement f1rst-'If foreigners here do not wish to become Amer1- canized let them go back where they belong" That is assuming that for fcantzed, which is far from the truth. Foreign CTS do want to become Amer 1canized but we Am ericans are in such a hurry rushing from the thea ters to the dance halls to the mtllin- CTS or the tailor's to @ reception for some long-haired Bolshevik theorist or to the club that we can't stop to Americanize them. We all agree that the Americanization Of the foreigner is an effort deserving of whole-heart- ed support and then we dismiss the subject from our minds with the comforting knowledge that there is such an Institution as the Americani- Zation committee and the mem bers are deeply interested In the subject and they have nothing else to do and. anyway, we have an engagement and can't stop just now to attend to any thing else, but some other time
 "If foreigners don't want to become Amerfcanized," Governor Holcomb says. The miracle is that so many do become Americanized not because of Americans but in spite of them.
 l don't approve of any foreign set dement's in Connecticut" red-white and-blued the Governor, and every one who heard him was prob ably thrilled with patriotic farvor and applauded vigorously. The question arises, if peoples from other lands do not seek the company of their co11n- trymen when they arrive in America whom shall they seek? America may be painted in bright colo,s on the other side Of the ocean but the col ors fade, the illusion is dispelIed, when the immigrant reaches the land h fc T whose manners, custe ms and speech are different from those of the coun- try he has recently qritt&d. Where will he go? Naturally to someone who speaks his language and will not laugh at his foreign manners and who will welcome him to his new home. All immigrants gr~vitate to the "for- eign settlements' because it $ r 1man naure to do so and because it is best to do so because otherwise they would arrive nowhere and would remain there
 There are not many men in New Britain whose grandfathers did not make all haste to foreign settle ments' when they came to America, and the Americanization of New Brit ain compares favorably with that of any other city in the United States, bar none despite the large element of foreign blood in our veins. When America wanted fighting men we gave them and we provided Thames on the casualty list which you cannot spell and which if you could spell them you could never pronounce". as Governor Holcomb described it. When Amori"a wanted money we gave that also. Our W).nen went Into the fac tories and helped to produce muni- tions while their husbands brothers and swo2thearts were fighting in the mud of France.
 Right now in Now Britain We have Foreign settlements" And so far as the American" element cares. thev may remain foreign. There have been no invitations issued recently by the folks in the west end of the city for q. general domestic movement in that direction
 Governor Holcomb is a "stalwart. upstandins American but sometimes he says what he doesn't mean or That he wouldn't mean if ne gave his sub ject deeper study.