New Britain herald., 1919-06-25

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 More than six hundred applications were given direct assistance ;bv this plan. About one hundred of these were petitioners for their second papers. The clerk of the court had
 record breaking numbers sent to his office with their applications ready for filing on each evening that his Of fee was opened. The invitation had
 been extended to these men to make
 use of the facilities provided by the
 Americanization committee commit tee, either for obtaining information or for making out applications for cit izenship, at the factory and on the factory time. Very few people have any real conception of how manifold are the trials and technical difficulties, or the sources of expense and misun- derstanding which confront the man who woud be a, citizen by the naturaH- ization process. The native citizen knows some of the advantages of being an American, but rarely does he
 
 to be overcome by the adopted citizen. The empowers, as good citizens, re- alized the advantages to hem and to the city in having their employees honestly interested in citizenship And many of the aliens have also been intelligently active in supporting the movement. One alien foreman inter ested "A applicants in his departme ent to seek the privileges Of citizenship. Others started the work for their de- partments by first making out their own papers, and then inviting their men to do the same. Loud talk and threats are quite useless in making citizens, but the personal touch and 8 little help are always effective.
 It is further proposed to give all of the applicants full opportunity for study and instruction, to help make them creditable participants in public and civic affairs before they are per mitted to become voters. Not only has the campaign in the factories been successful and pointed out the right
 way to go about the task, but it has
 also reached the men who are older
 and have been in this country longer than those who apply in the more or dinary way. The day when it is safe to trust to luck and the American
 atmosphere alone ito make good citi-
 zens has long gone by. The time has
 arrived for practical and intelligent
 methods, such as the factories are so
 heartily prom oting.
 Ten of the candidates who appeored before the Naturalization court to- day were the proud possessors of very attractive certificate bearing the seal of the United States Natural ization Bureau, and signed by the of ficials of the department and by the city school officials. lit is the first time that these have ever been distributed here to any of the applicants for ma turaliZation. They are awarded only to the men who have attended the classes in citizenship and then completed a satisfactory examination given by one of the government represent atives.
 The men who received this special diploma from the Director of Ameri- canization just ibefort the court ses- sion opened were, Angelo Buchieri, Jacob Hosanna, Paul Balazy, Pas puella Damico, ohm Grajbowsl1i. Eugene Canarella. Mike Nezdropa, Stanislaw Myshiwiec, Frank PaushiItz. l and Ezey Sargis. Each of these men completed the course given in the evening citizenship class and on Tues | day, June 3, MT. R. s. Cairns, a U. S. 1 naturalization examiner from Boston. ! tested the class He found that nearly l all were qualified to be adnntted as cit 1 izenS But it was still necessary for 1 them to appear at the court session. One of the best ways to prepare for 1 the examination which every candidate 1 must take is to attend the classes that l give instruction in citizenship and l what @ citizen should know It is l the desire of the bureau of natura liza | ton il encourage all appIicat tions tc l learn more abaut our history and gov l ernment before they become citizens l and voters in this republic, where l the majority vote is law There is nc l desire to increase tho number of citi. 1 zens unless the standards are also 1 maintainel But every opportunity l will be offered to the candidate who l has enough energy to qualify. These l ten men have shown others the right
 way and the court will doubtless com. 1 mend their example to others who l need more preparation.
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