The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-04-16
School Children
to Teach Aliens

girls can be seen every evening. by
dim lights. spelling out cat, rat and
other simple words to enraptured old
patriarchs. scarcely aware that they
are transpianted In q strange aud yer
not dissimilar country from that
whence they came at such a sacrifice
But before tell you In detail OF
this Americanization work and its re-
Suits interposed Mr.. Sehlaet, @iet
me tell yoH something of why they
may easily fall prey to radicalism-
He then told OF bow he was aroused
to the necessity for this work by
some poignant experiences he had GO
ing through Ellis island disguised as
an immigrant Mr.. Schlact mingled
with the immigrants throughout their
trials at admission and learned. ne
said. that thousands had been induced
TO migrate by members of an organ
ization which had swindled them OF
everything they owned before taking
them on shipboard-
Since he has been on the island Mr.
! Schlact said he had investigated these
organiza tons, which he characterized
| as professional fiim-fammers, and
has caused the indictment of several
| individuals. some of whom have fed
| the country and the cases of some are
still pending Numerous others. he
said. who had luxurious Offices In New
| York have scampered away and dis
| banded operations He described
their operations. while in full swing.
somewhat as follows:
They canyassed east side homes to
learn if they had relatives ON the
other side whom they wanted brought
TO America Invariably such was the
case. These friends" then told the
east siders they were going to Europe
and. If they liked, would bring back
the desired relatives. Delighted with
this Kindness the east siders would
offer up all the money they could
scrape together TO help their loved
ones on their voyage.
Exploited by Radicals.
Equipped with these foreign adj
dresses. the only thing that really in
terested the exploiters, these agents
would set out for Europe to transfer
their operations TO new fields. But
instead of turning over the money
!. sent by anxious relatives. they would
demand all they could get from the
poor Europeans before taking the nee
essary steps to place them on ships
bound for America. If they could get
4 enough they could do this through
4 questionable methods with passpor-
bureaus and shipping companies, Mr.
Schlact said.
$50 you see he declared, ''the1
4 swindled them both going and com
q ing. This wholesale exploration h,
q continued. ~is what makes it neces
3 sary TO do intensive Amerieanixatio,
8 work among these poor families, who
q through no fault Of their own, Ian
/ among US without education and witt,
& out anything but misconceived lee
3 that America is a worse place to liv
8 In than their home countries. They ar,
4 ripe for further exploitation BY rad
q icals who enlist their willing aid i,
& Haunting false ideals of capitalism.
q While 1t is imperative to correc
8 this immigration menace at its sorroe
d Mr.. Schiact said. those who have beel
d dumped into this country through ia
9 fiuences other than their own volitiol
q must be looked after. This Is wba
q the Junior American Missiona ries.
as these schoolgirls are called. are de-
tie ing successfully. he said. aKot
,h family placed in their care has faile
to make good" he said.