New Britain herald., 1919-03-14

fevism and other un-
 eracies by the crea ton
 National Ideals, and
 ffag of all our people in
 6sation to achieve them.
 &o Distinct Phases.
 sAre two distinct phases of
 Am:
 Mericanization as applied to
 6Aiving instruction in our
 Fin other words, those of
 age,
 Americanization as applied to
 NWho do not attend school, or
 eyond school age
 8ehe plans now in operation or ill
 tAmplation by the Committee on eanized Education for the Ameri- Hlzation of those of school age con- I'll of:
 Es.as1 1-Te eaching teachers. For this ssssMrpose we already have 1000 study scattered throughout the coun- ks sEf2--Organizing students for the @Study of our national and nterna ton sAf problems. Preliminary investga- I4tions during the past six months have sabeen in progress. The results will be sSHiven in a pamphlet suggesting a Esworking program for the systematic spropagation of intelligent faith in and Support of American institutions and sideals.
 Experiment Stations.
 3-Scientific experiment stations for the development and perfection of methods of teaching -Americanization in the sohc1!a The League is now # at Lowell, Massachusetts, and Los An geles, California, which it was nstru- mental in establishing.
 '"The plans to be adopted for the teaching Of Am ericanizatiOn to those beyond school age must necessar rily be diverse.
 As an initial step the League is arranging for the celebration on Sep tember 17th, 1919, of the birthday of our Constitution. For this purpose, it will circulate pamphlets written by the great minds of the Nation. Ap- propriate ceremonies will be arranged in conjunction with various Organiza- tions, such as the Association for Constitutional Government, h American Bar Association, the var- Ous State Bar Associa tions, the Sons and Daughters of the American Rev olution, the Colonial Danes and many similar organizations.
 Teaching English
 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 for eign born.
 (b) The prohibition of foreign lan- guages as the basic language in any of our schools.
 Co The narrowing of the use of foreign languages of our citizens.
 (d) Restricting the exercise of the franchise to citizens of the United States, through the repeal of state laws which allow aliens to vote. (e) A propaganda for the domi- nance of American born political and national sentiments over those of for ciGn origin.
 Military Training. ''The past activities of the League which cOnducc towards Am eriCanza- ,:or will be continued. Chief among these are: "Universal military instruction and
 
 q guard against it. It means a 'citi- zenry trained to arms, so as 10 avoid a large standing army, but to be al ways prepared. "COmmitteQ on Congress. The i League will continue it's nationwide educational teaching for insistence by the people upon the nomination at the primaries of candidates for Congress . lO tat two in so doing, will publish without hes- 1 tation the records of members of Congress. "The Flying Squadron. This inn :. nortant activity sent hundreds of speakers into the high-Ways and by ways to teach patriotism before and during the war. It will now preach i 
 Living Faith.'
 "Thousands of patriotic citizens i must be educated to take the stump i for America. They must tell the inn migrant popula tiOn our living faith in ! American doctrines of law, liberty, i progress and justtcc as eXemplifcd i bv the Constitution and our repre- . sentative form of government. They . must preach Amcricanization and in i st1 the idculism of Americas wars, i and that American spirit of service which believes in giving as well as . getting. Before the war; Americana zation work was a philanthropy. Now it is plain business of citizenship. The immigrant. to whom Govern mcnt has been synonym for despOt- ism and who constantly hears, with out contradiction. through the mouth ines of agitatOrs that Government here is a tyranny, is easily misled. "The propa ganda against the spirit