The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-28

Americanization.' This means the
fighting Of Bolshevism and other I'M
American tendencies by the creation
Of well-deflned National Ideals, and
the marshalling of all our people in
the determination to achieve them.
There are two distinct phases of
this problem:
(A) Americanization as applied to
those receiving instruction in our
schools-in other words, those of
school age.
(B) Americanization as applied to
those who do not attend school, or
are beyond school age.
1.-THE plans now in operation or in
contemplation by the Committee on
Organized Education for the Ameri-
canization of those of school age con-
sist Of
1-Teaching teachers. For this pur-
pose we already have 1000 study
groups scattered throughout the
country.
2-Organizing students for the
study of our National and Information
al problems. Preliminary investiga-
tons during the past six months have
been in progress. The results will be
given in a pamphlet suggesting a
working programme for the syste-
matte propagation of intelligent faith
in and support Of American institu-
tons and ideals.
3-Scientific Experiment and Per-
lection of Methods of Teaching Amer
icanization in the Schools. The
League is now cooperating in the
work of stations at Lowell. Massachu-
sets, and Los Angeles, California,
which 1t was instrumental in estab-
fishing
1.-THE plans to be adopted for the
teaching Of Americanization to those
beyond school age must necessarily
be diverse.
las an initial step the League is
arranging for the celebration on Sep
TENDER 18th, 1919 of the birthday of
our Constitution For this purpose, it
will circulate pamphlets written by
the great minds of the Nation. APP
propriate ceremonies will be arranged
in conjunction with various organiza-
tons, such as the Association for Con-
stitutional Government, the American
Bar Association, the various State Bar
Associations, the Sons and Daughters
of the American Revolution, the Col
onial Danes and many similar organ
izations.
2--The various special problems
which belong to this general problem
will be met by the best means that
can be devised. The chief questions
to be solved are:
(a) Teaching English to our foreign
born.
(b) The prohibition of foreign Ian
guages as the basic language in any
of our schools.
(c) The narrowing of the use of for
eign languages by our citizens.
(d) Restricting the exercise of the
franchise to citizens of the United
States, through the repeal of seate
laws which allow aliens to vote.
(c) A propaganda for the domi-
nance Of American born political and
national sentiments over those of for
eign origin.
"The past activities of the League
which conduce towards Americaniza.
ton will be continued. Chief among
these are:
Universal Military Instruction and
Training. This is not militarism, but
a guard against it. 1t means a citiz-
enry trained to arms, so as to avoid a
large standing army, but to be always
prepared.
Committee on Congress. The
League will continue its nationa-wide
educational teaching for insistence by
the people upon the Nomination. at
the primaries of candidates for Con-
gress who shall be representative
men, and, in so doing, will publish
without hesitation the records Of
members of Congress.
1.-THE Flying Squadron. This impor-
tant activity sent hundreds Of speak
ers into the highways and by-ways to
teach patriotism before and during the
war. 1t will now preach American
ism.
Thousands of patriotic citizens
must be educated to take the stump
for Amerisa. They must tell the i'm
migrant population our living faith in
American doctrines of law, liberty,
progress and justice, as exemplifed
by the Constitution and our represen-
tative form Of government. They must
preach Americanization and instill the
idealism of Americas wars. and that
American spirit Of service which be-
leve In giving as we'll as getting. Be-
fore the war, Americanization work
was a philanthropy. Now II is a plain
business of citizenship. The immi-