The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-20

that the war is over we would mi
 into our national life something ot
 the spirit of service which the wal
 tlrse has taught. And the first civic
 duty is to help every foreign born in
 our midst to a better knowledge of | America
 | America believes in education. And so we are helping to provide better 1 night schools, especially for the non-
 English Speaking adults. classes for
 the non-English wherever l2 or E t, may be, in parochiaI schools fra l ternal halls and the like And classes 1 Tn our factories. We shall hope to l see these made interesting and stim- 1 ulating.
 l Since woman is the great influence ] in the lives of her children. we want i the non-English speaking women to learn English, so that they may fully i understand their children and their interests. We expect to ask onr Board Of Education to provide teach CTS for afternoon classes for women. of an hour a, session
 It will be our task to help fill and
 keep filled these classes. Every citf-
 zen should help. We shall look
 especllly to priest, minister and rabbi
 to the newspaper, to the employer
 the superintendent and foreman. and
 10 the theatre. If we all pull together
 we can make Bridgeport an English speaking community. But Americani- zatlon does not consist exclusively of teaching English.
 We must form classes of all those who wish to become naturalfzed. We disapprOve of any attempt upon inc part of your employer or anyone else 10 force you to become a citizen. or To take out first papers. When vou become a citizen it ought to be when you yourself want 1t, and you ought | 10 come in a whole hearted American. Forced citizenship is not Amerfcani- 1 zatloh work. It doesn't do the ciu- zen good or the country good.
 In our central office we must he | ready to hear every foreign born who has grievance, or who wishes in- | formation. We must see that the for eiSn born is not exploited nor wrong- ed by anyone.
 Our office must be a place where every foreign born shall find q. wei come, where he will be received with respect and sympathy and his story heard with patience. We must see that he gets justice. And our door must be as open to the alien as to the citizen if anything, more so.
 My friends, our committee asks your aid. Get all your non-Eng1ish speaking people into some of our lon-EngHsh speaking classes. and see hat they stay there. In your homes. Il your business places. in you1, re- creation, talk in English and think n English. It will. help you. and it VIII help America. I went the other lay to your Longfellow school and aw there as fine a lot of children as ou can find in any school. Sturdy, [hoiesome, intelligent clean children 'hey are worth educating Whatever Ise you do, my friends, keep those h1Idren at school. Be sure and send hem through the LongfeIIOw school nd in every case where you can. send our boy or girl to the High school . i've them the chance which was de- I jed you. And those of you who cannot speak read our language go to some of z UT English classes. Come. learn ngLsh. Come into full fellowship ., ith America. Come, be a real citi- n of these United States. | The Americanization Committee of s 1dgeport is trying to help you. It t
 trying to answer the question. Am l, my brothers keeper? &