Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
MOMENTS CLUBS T0 LAUNCH DRIVE FUR
 BETTER CITIZENS

Citizenship is ground out to foreign horn with no more dignity than pota- toes are sold over the counter, IS the charge made by Mrs. Thomas G. Win- ter, president of the general federation of women,s clubs. In making the charge Mrs. Winter is appealing to the women's clubs of the country to get behind the movement to make July citizenship Day.
 Mrs. Winter, in a letter to Mrs. H. A. Guild of this city, auditor of the general federation, states that she be- lieves the plan for the department or American citizenship capable of being a tremendous agency for creating the spirit of American citizenship. which is a thing far greater than the AnNl- can voter or the American politician
 You know how our boNs-and we are thankful to say our girls also slip into maturity and voting rights all unnoticed," writes Mrs. Winter ssYet to become a citizen of the United States ought to be a profound ex- perience. It ought to rank with ne two or three great occasions of life In asking Mrs. Guild to get behind the movement in this state, Mrs. Win
 ter outlines the plan as follows;
 Citizenship Day
 | No matter what other celebrations
 go on, let a part of that day when ~
 tuality in the world, be given to noble welcome extended by the whole 1 community to the boys and girls who l have come of age during the year ana l to the foreign born who have become 1 citizens. Both of these groups should
 be included and recognized at the same time, thus intensifying in the minds or
 both the spiritual significance Of the occasion. There should be 9 procession and flags-flags of all the peoples ln- l cluded. which should, at the proper moment, bow before the Stars ana l Stripes; there should be music tor young feet to march by; there should
 be wise words uttered on the meaning
 of citizenship in this greatest Of all 1 democracies there should be proud
 welcome given by the diSnltarles or the community in the presence of massed
 crowds of relatives; and the generation
 a little older, the young man Who
 fought for the land should be there
 to point the onward hand to the newer
 Americans.
 This is much more than show ana
 a procession It is symbol, Wlth al
 the tremendous significance that sym
 boys have had in human understand
 ing. of both the meaning and the con
 tinuity of America. And no greater symbol could be given to our country,
 our young people and our new citizens -and perhaps to us older CIllAehs' 1 lest we forget-than to create this
 great new tradition of Citizenship Day. covet for the federation the honor of this contribution to mutual under standing and ennobling of citizenship Community service, citizenship train ing art, music, literature, motion pie . tures-au our activities-have their share of ideas to contribute to such a day.
 This is not a vague general appeal The department of American Citizen ship is going to follow up the caInr < paign. It will have in print very soon ! Q list of definite suggestions for the < occasion. The general federation will do all it can to help publicity and gen eral comprehension of the plan Your state will awaken to new \ realization of your relation to it's bet N ter life when your clubs get to wori \ ou the plans; and if the states then al the nation.
 Please be planning your committees s getting news into your papers, lin1nt E up your towns. Play your part Al E together.
 Most cordially yours.
 MRS THOMAS c. WINTER, S President G. F. ". (