Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-24
Total Elimination of Illiteracy
 Hope of Education

I the scope of the work to be done by the iliteracy commission. and that we may be so thoroughly organized for our campaign to eliminate Hitter acy from this state until a favorable report may be made by the delegates to the next annual conference of the Western states.
 I submit herewith for the consid- eration of every citizen in the state i of Arizona who is interested in the uplift and Americanization of our illiterates the resolutions as adopted by our conference in San Francisco.
 Very truly yours,
 ARNOLDAS H. MCCLURE.
 Yuma, Ariz., Feb. IS, 1922.
 Report of Resolutions Committee
 At the conclusion of this session of the illiteracy commission of tue Ma ern states, held under the auspices of the illitracy commission of the Ma tional Education Association, and composed of representative leaders and administrators in education and in civic, political and welfare organi- zations from the states of Arizona, Ca; fc"nia, Idaho, N'.tana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washing ton and Wyoming, your committee on resolutions begs leave to submit for your earnest consideration and endorsement the following statement of principles and proposals:
 Knowing as we do from we'll at tested facts which have been scien- tifically studied throughout the ma tion over ayperiod of several years, particularly since our participation in the world war, the great menace that illiteracy is to health, morals, reli- zion, commercial and industrial prog ress, and the very safety of the na- tion itself both in peace and war, and knowing as we do that it is wholly unnecessary as is evidenced by its ap- prozimate elimination by other civiliz- ed nations, we declare it to be nothing less than an inexcusable handicap and a national disgrace, under the blight ing influences of which we are no longer willing to live and work. We therefore pledge ourselves to the prompt elimination, the entire wiping out, of every evidence of iliteracy on the part of every person within our nation whose mental capacity renders him educable in the essentials of lit eracy.
 In keeping with the above object i've and definite determination, we earnestly recommend and urge:
 That the responsibility for the il- literacy of the people shall be recog- nized definitely by those responsible governmentally and educationally as a problem to be borne jointly from financial standpoints by local com munities, statewide effort, and na- tional support, and that ways must be found to distribute the burden eouitably. Because the baneful influ- ences of illiteracy are felt beyond any local community where it exists, ex- tending it's insidious and damaging in fluences throughout the state and ma ton. it should not be mere local community responsibility. Often the largest problem in combating illlteracy exists, due to the presence of large numbers of recent immigrants m those communities possessing the least possibility of raising adequate public funds to set up ways and means successfully to eliminate it. This problem therefore should be generously supported from state funds and likewise from national funds. In furtherence of this end we, therefore, urpe the immediate enactrlent into law by the congress of the United States provisions whereby funds from the na- tional government shall be provided to combat this insidious weakness so widespread throughout our nation 10 the extent provided for in the Towner- Sterling bill now pending before the congress of the United States. Like wise we pledge ourselves to use our influence immediately and deter minedly in the states and communl- ties represented here to secure such lepislation and action as is necessary promptly to get up ways and means needful to accomplish speedily the objectives set forth above.
 As further practical means to the achievement of the above ends, we urge the enactment of legislation on