Evening journal., 1920-09-18
TO MAKE MORE
new AMERICANS
Service Citizens Approve
$4,000 Budget to Garry
on Work
VOLUNTEERS
ARE DESIRED

The Service Citizens Americlniza-
tion Committee, organized yesterday
afternoon for another year OF activities
by electing John :. Rossell. president
OF the Security Trust and Safe DE
posis Company, as. chairman and
mapping out plans to Increase The
number OF volunteer workers Who
viii give personal instruction 10 for
eign women.
Or. Joseph H. Odell. director o. The
association, called the meeting to or
der and qftc' election OF Mr.. ROsscll,
resigned the chair 90 him The COM
mltlee then approved a budget pr00I-
ing for an expenditure OF $4,000 10
carry Oh ihe work Of ne coming year
10 Is planned 10 spend about $500
or this for TIE maintenance OF the
ceLtgsl Office and the Trouble Bureau
Snd Tor the printing Cf info nation
Tor TIE fiicign born In English and n
fore gn languages
The remainder OF the sum viii be
spent through the schools or in ac-
tlclties directly supplementary TO
their work. The financing Of nieh;
school publicity, public gatherings
and follow-up calling by the teachers
viii be cared for until provision is
made by the State for these necessary
items. A stan OF five trained women
will devote their time 10 taking Amer
lean life through the schools into ihe
foreign neighbOrhOOds o. the city and
OF neighbOri1g towns: home teaching
and other work for mothers viii be
developed: community evening" ac-
tivities viii be multiplied where they
are most needed
Miss Helen Hart. executive secretary.
presented her report which was ap
proved. The report lays special stress
on greater AmericanizatiOn work
among foreign women saying
THE passage OF the Nineteenth
Amendment has greatly increased the
Importance OF this part Of our work
Hundreds OF women have been en-
franchised In Delaware who know liz
tie or nothing OF our government. Our
plan Is 20 call upon every woman In
the state whose husband has been re-
Gently naturalized and offer her an op-
pOrunity for instruction, either In
school or at home between now and
November. 4 number Of such calls
have been made. with very encOurag-
ing response. The problem. now. is
10 Nm dAmar'can women Of the right
sort who Will give the time during the
next few weeks 10 teaching In these
homes"
With reference 70 the trouble bu-
real, which was organized last year
and found an important factor In
Americanization work. Miss Hart's re-
port says:
''There has been a slight falling on
IN me 1umbcr NJ trouble bureau cases
during the summer but the labor in
v0lved has increased rather than d.
minished. As the situation IN middle
Europe born residents of Wilmington
have become very anxious for the
safety Of relatives and have come 10
MS for help in sending relief or OBJ
tanning passports At last we are be-
ginning 10 see the results OF our ard
uous labors on these passport cases.
ON Tuesday Of Ibis week, one OF our
Jewish applicants called. beamng
with pride and Joy, to exhibit his
newly arrived wife and child, who
had ned from Russia, without pass
ports into Germany. had spent sew
eral weeks in prison and had been re-
leased and got as far as Paris, when
they were about 60 he shipped back
10 Russia by the authorities. but Tor
iho Intervention Of the cOmmi.ee.
which was able 10 hasten the final
steps Of the husbands naturalization
and cable the wife 10 seek help from
the American Consul at Paris.
This much-.rlveled American citi-
zen was able 10 express her thanks
only hy smiles and gestures, but she
and the little girl are going to school
with her husband in october. and,
says the husband proudly, soon she
know everything!