Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-10
AmericanizatiOn
Association Plans
for Coming Year

The Augusta Americanization Asso-
citation met at the Chamber of Gem
merce Assembly rooms Thursday aft
crnoon and adopted most compre-
hensiye temporary program of activi-
citation is made up of over so leading
societies, and the program as adopted
is subject to criticism and recon-
mcnded changes by the different or
CARNATIONS represented in the ASSOC
citation. 1t will be amended and writ
ten in final form at the next meeting
of the association. The temporary
program follows:
Plank I. Provide direct personal
teaching for those needing same.
a. Through teachers trained by the
w. G. T. L. correspondence
b. Through similar courses offered
by other organizations il thought
advisable.
c. BY securing a list of those need
ing this instruction
q. BY enrolling volunteer teachers.
c. BY raising funds to meet the
cost of the above teachers
courses and for books charts and
other equipment.
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attendance.
a. BY following up those who have
enrolled but who have dropped
out of the school.
b. BY offering prizes for perfect at
tendance record.
c. BY securing the cooperation az
employers of alien employees III
getting their men and women 20
enroll.
d. BY getting new enrollmentS
IL, ii
own corps of person. to- person
teachers provided for in Plank l..
Plank 2 Cooperate with the state
Department Of Education in its y
year program for the elimination
of illiteracy in Maine.
a. BY listing the cases within on"
own borders.
b. Rv Keeping careful trace OF the
development of each person on
the list.
c. Ry applying the methods set
forth in Planks and to the
persons on this list.
d. by reporting progress to thn
state superintendent of schools
at least once year. oftpner r
asked to do SO by the department.
Plank 4. Prepare patriotic progra
for public and school use.
a. Fly conducting an essay contest.
b. BY collecting the best materials
available.
c. BY listing speakers and establish
ing a speakers bureau.
Plank ;. Work to get people to vote
Mt elections.
a. BY listing the unregistered men
and women.
b. BY using the "voter" tag 70 he
worn by those who have voted.
c. Ey asking those who are known
to have neglected this duty to do
H.,
have voted against list of those
registered.
2. Nv paid advertisements urging
people to participate in elections.
I. Ey system of follow-up letters
to those failing to vote.
e. BY popularizing the term voting
Stacker"
h. Rv campaign OF publicity and
education showing voting as n
fundamental patriotic duty.
Plank s. Urge a fair deal for the ex-
service man.
a. BY studying the problem.
b. by assisting Kim to secure as
good or better positions as those
he left at the call Ia arms.
c. BY studying the tins and PR
poses of tho American Legion. CO.
operating fully with the Legion
whenever aged to do So
Plank :. Assist aliens to become nat
rallied.
a. BY explaining the advantages OF
American citizenship.
b. BY enrolling those of foreign
birth who are already natura i
lied as messengers of this
faith" to their unnaturalized
neighbOrs.
c. BY giving public recognition IN
the alien who has taken first pa
pcrs, etc.
Flank s. Urge the use of English as
the universal American language.
Plank 9. Teach respect for the con-
stitution and the laws.
Plank 10. Organize industrial AmeTi-
canization classes.