The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-11-30


Legion has interested itself in an at
tempt to decrease the illteracy in the
United States. Certainly nobody will
rise to say that this Is not worthy
object to engage the attention of the
men who fought Germany.
1t was the war which made known
to the people of this country the eX-
tent of illiteracy in the various states
Of the Union. 1t is said 6 per cent
of the people of reading and writing
age in the United States can neither
read nor write.
Legion Takes Up the Cause.
One reason why the extent Of IL
literacy was not appreciated was that
the records We're not properly Kept
by the diiferent states. 1t has been
charged that some of the state officials
did rot make proper Investigations be-
fore they nude their reports, Inc
war showed the facts In the case ana
how the American Legion through It's
national Americanism commission Is
going to do what it can TO help in the
work of giving at least what may be
called primary education to the mt
crates Of the country.
Garland w. Powell is the director OF
The national AmericanIsm commission
of the American Legion He has just
issued n statement with proper proof
to show that the United States stands
eleventh as nation of iIliteracy com
pared with the northern nations Of Eu-
rope, In Germany, Denmark, Swii2er-
land, the Netherlands and Finland
there is less than l per cent of IL
literucy; Norway and Sweden have
per cent; Scotland. England ana
Wales less than per cent, ANA
France 50 per cent, All these coun-
tries have fewer lliteratos in proper
ton 10 their population than The
United States.
1t seems likely that the Education
Week advocated by the American Lee
sion win occupy the days between De
cember 3 and December .. During
these seven days every effort wilt be
made to induce adult illiterates to at
tcrd night schools ana to iniuce citl-
zens to adopt illiteratc adults and chill
dren for educational purposes.
The Legion has many posts in many
states of the Union. The individuai
members will be asked to work for
the educational cause and to see that
interest does not lag. The National
Education association and the United
States bureau o. education are CO.
operating with the American Legion
to promote the success Of the work.
Women Versus Women.
When woman met woman then
comes the tug Of war,
Under the leadership of the National
Woman's party, ii is understood, an
attempt is to be made in y state IeSiS-
lutures this year to secure the adoption
of a legislative program in behalf Of
what might be called sex equality. The
members of the Wonan's party ap.
parently desire that there shall he II"
discrimination Whatsoever III leElsa.
ton as between man and WOmuu This
means if the logic Of the case runs
right, that certain American women
Go not like laws which place wumaa
as worker or as a citizen on differ
eut plane from that upon which the
laws place man.
a meeting has just been held in
Washington of members Of the Ma
tional Consumers league. AT this
meeting there We're representatives OF
large group of organizations com
posed largely Of women who are OPP
posed to the National Woman'S party
program for sex equality through legis-
lation. When woman meets woman
then comes the tug Of war.
The National Wonmn's party is com
posed to considerable extent of the
women who in the days Of the struggle
for suffrage were known as the mill
tantS and from their ranks largely
came the volunteer picketers Of the
White House. Most people viii rcmeul-
Der, probably, that during some months
Of the last administration women with
banners paraded in front of tie White
House in behalf of the amendment to
the Constitution which has given wou-
an suffrage
Groupe in Opnnei+ion