The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-05
CITIZENSHIP BUREAU
 TO BE FORMED
Department of Labor to Bend Every Effort to As
 Sist Aliens to Our Shores.
By HARRY WARD International News Service Staff
 COT-reSDOndent

| Correspondent
 Washington, Aug. 5-Reorganiza- | ton of the Bureau of Naturalization | in the Department of Labor is one of
 the pet plans of Secretary Davis. The plan is now taking practical shape,
 and prospects are that a great new
 make life different and better for the alien newcomer and the country
 a gainer by acquiring new citizens | better prepared for their new duties 1 and privileges.
 At Secretary Davis request bill
 has been introduced in Congress I which will change the title of this | bureau to the Bureau of Citizenship. With the change in title the bureau | will take on vastly broadened scope of activity. The old Bureau of Nat | uralization has always been charged | with the responsibility of natural1z- ing foreigners, but it is Secretary Da- cis' plan to have the new bureau dive up to its name It will be more than @ Bureau of Naturalization; it will be a Bureau of Citizenship and training for citizenship. It will train our alien arrivals by instruction in the public schools. It will provide will set up machinery to see to their proper distribution over the country, so as to avoid the old evils of con gestion of new foreigners in the larger cities Many of these new | corners, for instance, arrive here with long experience, which they are forced to discard for work in the cities because they have no means of reaching the farms or of aSceTtain1ng where their farming experience may be of value.
 Among its other duties the new Bureau Of Citizenship will spread tions in such a way as to heighten respect and inspire loyalty to those institutions" said Secretary Davis, in commenting on his plan. "It will be- gin a national campaign for bettering the physical and normal well-being of our foreign-born population. To this end the new bureau will under take to protect the foreigner from fraud and imposition. It will pro vide centers of information, where persons of patriotism and character will offer guidance and advice. Where it is possible these advisers will be themselves of foreign extrac-
 ton, in order to offer real sympa- thy and understanding and so serve to bring the still newer aliens into
 wholesome contact with the people of their own race. always the bur den of advice will be respect for the Federal governm ent."
 To Guard Against Propaganda
 It is Secretary Davis aim to utilize to the full the machinery of the new bureau to protect the newest alien arrivals from the evil influence of One of the chief agencies in this pur- pose will be a thorough system of public school instruction for aliens. The women will have the benefit of will be given in places of employ ment, Or at other suitable points, as well as in the public schools. These classes will be arranged for all adults and wage-earnerS.
 Each alien will be required to register" said Secretary Davis. ''This is not for the purpose of setting up a police system, but in order to keep trace of each individual for his pro tection and guidance. Each regis trant will be given a certificate of his registration, on payment of a fee not to exceed $10 for adults and $3 for wage earners who are minors. All the money from these fees will be expended in the payment of teach schooling. Thus the alien newcom- CT, as is proper, pays for his own improvement and lifts the burden of his care from the shoulders of the government
 In addition to these new functions, the new Bureau of -Citiznship, as planned, will encourage states and communities to prepare teachers to teach the immigrant to speak, read and write the English language, to understand and value the privileges of citizenship and practice devotion to the institutions of our government In all such cases of instruction the motion picture will be Ibera11y used- The States will be asked to adopt legal school terms of at least six months of each year for the benefit of wage earning children and adults. To this end compulsory school at tendance will me asked for. To complete the instruction, draining will be provided in health and san itation, along with physical culture.
 The new bureau will seek the aid of all religious, civic, educational. community, fraterna1 and other or ganizations in the promotion of this work of training the alien for citi- zenship- Local agencies in each community will be encouraged to pool their efforts and influence to- ward the establishment of citizenship classes and educational courses in the public schools.
 Red Tape to be Cut ..
 Secretary Davis is convinced that the present naturalization laws need to be modernized in order to meet the 1 actual conditions of naturalization. l The bill now before Congress gives l the new bureau authority to appoint | officers who shall have seni-judicial | power in preliminary naturalization | hearings This will have the effect | of cutting much red tape and of saw ing much time on the part of the | J Judges, well as the time of wage i earners who desire citizenship. As Is now managed the seekar sftar citjzaHshtD and his wit l