New Britain herald., 1919-07-30
ALIENS HAVE BEEN
 BADLY NEGLECTED
Now Americans Must Aid in
 AmeriCaniZin8 Them

The third of the series of public lectures in connection with the train ing courses for teachers of non-EnS- fish speaking people conducted at the New Britain Normal school was held yesterday morning. Miss Rose M. OTOOl, director of AmeTicanlzatlOn for the United States Rubber com- pany spoke of the Am mericanization work being conducted by factories.
 Among the audience this morning were Henry Y. Burr, of Landers, Frary & Clark and E. x. Smith of the Stanley Works and a number of representatives of Womcn's clubs in Meriden. Part of Miss OTooles re- marks follow:
 The aim of Americanization is to make good the promises made to our foreigners. They look upon America as o cOuntry with open arms We must enable them to become part of American life and to fit them for a responsible share of our future his tory and achievements. To do this we must understand the foreigners S traditions, customs and past history"
 The foreigners come to America because they believe it to be a bet ter place to live in than their hOme- land"
 "The World War has awakened us. We now see how we have neglected our aliens"
 '"The three chief Americanization forces are the school, industry and the social or missionary wOrkers.'
 "What is Americanization? How can that help? AmericaniZatiOn can not be defined by the teaching or learning of the language or through any course of study. The English language is only step in the right direction. A common language will encourage friendship between the foreigner and native."
 Factories have introduced Ameri- canizaton into their plants. One cor pOratiOn has planned to have an Amercanization school or classes in every one of forty-sevcn factories.
 Miss OToole told of her experiences with foreigners in her classes. They were all very eager to learn and were willing to make many sacrifices such as going without a meal, giving up rest hour and were very willing to pay for their lessons, just so that they could learn to speak and under stand EngllSll.
 Ut is true that this line of work is an expense to the owners of the factories. Yet the factories benefit great deal by this work. A bond of sym pathy is formed between employer and worker through Americanization. In time more work is produced and the emplOye is loyal and thankful to his employer.
 Tn forming classes in factories the teacher should cndeaVOr to get on the right side of the foreman. His CO., operation is very necessary. He is able to plan the work so that the men will be able to join these classes. If the foreman becomes interested in this work he can be a great help to the teacher by encOura ging the value of the lessons. He can give his men incentives to learn, such as an in crease in salary or advance in line of work. AmericanizatiOn in factories serves as a help to the foreigners and to the entire community
 Through this line of work we can open wider the gateway for the for eign born and the American born to the best and truest ideals of true AmericaniSm and democracy.
 The fourth and last lecture of the series was given today at 10:30 a. m., commissioner of naturalization. The public is cordially invited to attend.