The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-11

does he is jealous of his dignity and his property rights He has been able explain clearly to his own understanding why is that his children who are quicker, more retentive and eager than other children to acquire education. apart in q from their fellow school children and des- bite the fact that they anxious to be Americans and have become American through their fathers still classified foreigners.
 This sort of thing is too common in schools If foreign born that he has gained so much by being in the state it might serious. Even the chi dren of the men who are not citizens are potential Americans, they in the to take advanage of it's school systems, do of it's industrial and other work and make it their home.
 The element which truly be called foreign fish speaking lands which remains n and shows interest in it's welfare desire to partic- pate in it's citizenry by taking out papers.
 For assuredIy those who have done cannot be classed s a foreign element they have already and voluntarily taken the first toward becoming ingredient which will ultimately and profitaby be merged making a desirable whole. Besides the there large number of women who are potent force as workers and as molders of opinion in their home and spere. Very few of these and women vicious and undesra- ble even of those who came here before the Burnet immigration law, and there is not one of them that is not filled with great and enduring love for the land of their birth of their ancestors
 This does not in any initiate against their cause man loves hls mother he IS 10 De regarded undesirable husband. However much these peo pie abhor the government from which they have capped they have strong affection for their father land. Any endeavor to make them forget would and enduring resentment.
 But they make the distinction between their past and present home themselves. Were it possible for tO when the war in Europe broke out they quickly so fighting in the ranks of their try, particularly those who called by military service laws. But who not citizens mained here and showed intention of returning It has to be kept constantly in mind that they here make a home in a free land. That lays the foundation for their Amercansnl. The splendid loy shown American citizens of foreign birth and those citizens, their cheerful obedience to the selective draft and the enlistment of who could be reached by the former, conclusive proofs that only perfervid calamity seeker need have fears to their present future atti- tude.
 When the registration was going on in Hartford a young who present with his wife four children. said in answer the questionnairre that he would not claim exemption the ground of his wife and children but willing to leave them to fight for the country which good to him. His wife exclaimed, ''Yes he fight Me- home. Me work and take of children
 Another Pole with six children said, "I willing to fight This country give me money to live could not get that in own.
 Against this, said "I fight right if I have When the war is over go back to my mother father"
 Registration revealed that there were 5s,5s6 m of foreign birth in the state, between 21 and a1, and there draft 27,543 mo per of the number. The investigator would that 50 of the for eign of working age In of the countries which have been foremost in contributing to innigration, families Connecticut Italy Poland having in their four, five six children of whom least half girls
 Austrians, Armenians Germans. Greeks. Hun garians Jews, Italians, Lfthuanians, zation work would be unjust illiterate all these people because they speak English any more if of graduated from n uncommon1y good high school and to Italy and norant
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