The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-07
Americanization- 1t Is, Why 1t Is Needed and
s9 Who Is Doing the Work.

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formation along to others Of his ma
tionality, through his club. so that
the mistake is not made by them the
second time.
In this way the foreigner is edu-
Gated in his own language 10 the
customs and rules of America. In
this manner misunderstandings are
smothed away simply by having a
person who is able to see both sides
Of questions which are brought up
daily and who is familiar with the
laws, and rules which govern the ac-
ton TO be taken, and who under
stands what a man speaking in
foreign tongue is trying To say. II
is only by doing away with this
curtain OF misunderstanding between
the government and the individual
that the ideals of the United States
citizenship may be made to stand
forth on their own record, in the light
Of justice to all men, honesty and
fair play
( The system of the Foreign Lang
uage Information Service reaches the
alien from the inside, educates him.
in his own language, to our ideals,
and makes him want to become a
citizen without forcing him in any
way TO accept something which he
does not understand. Men who be-
come naturallzed citizens in that
way, make good ones. because they
know what they are doing.
One of the mos remarkable ex-
amples of real work along the lines
of characterization is that being done
by the Ardmore Home Service Station
of the Red Cross, under the direction
Of Mrs G. G.. Squires.
The Home Service Station is main
tanned for the benefit OF ex-service
men and their families and in this
/ phase of the Red Cross work the
slogan has been adopted: See Man
/ Through" Every manner of service
imaginable Is rendered for the men
and women who served during the
war, whether they Were wounded
| whether they succeeded in getting
foverseas on whatever their service was
or their present condition may be-
The past few months the local sta
tion has made loans 70 different in
diyiduals in 4 total amount of Sl,0l7.-
SO. These loans are made 20 help tide
g man over temporary difficulties, to
help him 10 live until more perma-
nent assistance can be secured for
him. 1854 different services hay.
been rendered, some OF which W,
!, mention; "a men have been assisted
in securing back pay; IS haze been
provided with vocational education
dDerty bonds have been secured Ion
five who had paid fcr them while in
the service and who had failed Il
receive the bonds. travel pay was Sc.
cured for three; unpaid bonus claims
have been handled satisfactorily foi
four mer l3 disability claims have
been handled; 81 men who had con.
tracted tuberculosis have been proVid
ed for: cases Of temporary menta
disarrangement have been provided
for and the men sent 10 the proper
hospitals for treatment; six men have
been able TO secure dental treatment
to which they were entitled; 80 mer
with diseases of various kinds and 2,
wounded have been cared for, sen
10 hospitals, sanitariums or providel
with home treatment. Victory med
ais have been secured for 99S mel
who have. applied for them through
the local office; and s329 900 OF insur
ance has been reinstated The tota
number of men for whom these serv
ices have been rendered is sos.
1t has happened that numerou
cases come to light where a man VIII,
served his country has felt that h
was entitled TO some help on accoun
of wounds received or disability SUI
fered. and that he has not know
that the assistance could be secured
Some such men then became "soure,
on life,'' felt resentment that tn
government which called them int
service did not look after them unit
they had opportunity TO get on thei
feet" and have been found to be il
q fair way TO become thoroughly un
American citizens. Therefore, thes
cases which Mrs. Squlres has foun
and in which she has been able I
help the men secure the aid to whic
they are entitled but which they di
y not know was provided for then
I have learned that their government
did make provision for them. tha
il was doing everything in its powe
I - lt.1N. af., /.