The Connecticut labor press., 1919-06-21
GOOD CITIZENSHIP
 CAMPAIGN ENDORSED
Many Prominent Persons in This State Approve Drive of Woman
 Suffrage Association.

Hartford, June 2O-Many additional expressions of support ard endorsement of the statewide fund campaign for $100,OO0 to be raised by public sub scription for citizenship work and other public services among the .35O,OOO women of voting age in Connecticut continue to pour into the headquarters of the campaign committee Mrs. Sam ue1 Russell, jr., chairman, said yester- day.
 William F. Gordy, member of the Hartford board of education, said:
 T heartily endorse the program of citizenship work and other public ser vices which the Connecticut Woman Suffrage association has planned.
 Connecticut will largely profit by such a patriotic and public spirited un- dertaking"
 Prof. Henry A. Perkins of Trinity college said:
 The work of educating voters was one of the strongest arguments that brought me into your ranks, for 1t seems to me that such an undertaking alone justifes your demand for the vote
 Tt is splendid, and you are putting it all over the men by such far-seeing and patriotic policy"
 William H, St. John, of the Hartford chapter of the American Red Cross. said:
 You may certainly enroll me as heartily in sympathy with the move. ment now being undertaken, and 1 wish you every success in your campaign to secure suitable funds
 Congressman Schuyler Merritt, in a second statement endorsing the cam-' paign, said:
 HoI not only be intelligent, but coneerva- servative they must appreciate !he structure and foundation of this move ment which has made the country so free and great and prosperous. 1 be- lieve they will appreciate that to keep the structure enduring the foundation of the state must be carefully guarded and preserved.
 There can, I think, be no doubt of the adoption of the amendment by the necessary number of states i'll the near future
 T am glad that the women who have been active in this cause appreciate their responsibility and the responsibility of other women which the right of suf- frage will place upon them. 1 have a1- ways believed the women would take tHelI iuly Sc1lOuSlE, dS IHOSl OI lIlcIl uO in other matters. The movement for the better political education of women is not only timely but of the greatest importance"
 Congressman Augustine Lonergan in a letter said:
 Regarding your organizations pro- gram of citizenship work for the women of Connecticut, I suggest the necessity of a complete understanding of the ideals of our government proper re- gard for constituted authority, and tue combating of un-American doctrine
 Wishing you and your associates success in your patriotic endeayor, 1 remain, Yours very truly.
 AUGUSTINE LONERGAN."
 Dean Frederick s. Jones of Yale col lege said:
 "The proposal of the Woman's Suf- the prosecution of the work of Amer icarizing our foreign population and of giving the coming generation higher ideals of patriotism and citizenship should enlist the support of all citi- zens of, the state.
 Our safety depends upon tte proper ed dacation of the rising generation in all grades of society,""
 Prof. Arnold Gesell, of the Depart ment of Education, Yale university, said:
 Any sincere, systematic work in the field of citizenship or Americanization is worthy of endorsement.
 We have always underestimated the possibilities of adult education, and the necessity of it in a population like that of Connecticut.
 "The very health of democracy de- Fends upon continuous civic education of children, vorth and adults in accord ance with their intelligence"