The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-09
TULSA DAILY WORLD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER g. 1922


luded followers among those who
take on the hahil ments of an Amer
| lean without knowing the American
coil. There Is the recrudesence OF
| hyphenated Amerlcanlsm which We
! thought to have been stamped out
when we committed the nation. life
/ and soul. 10 the World war.
There is a cali TO make The alien
I respect our Institutions while he
accepts our hospital ". There Is
/ need to magnify tho American view.
l point TO the alien who seeks a citi-
zenship among US. There is need to
magnify the viewpoint 70 Americans
! throughout the land More, there is
| a demand fOr every living being In
/ the United states TO respect and
/ alb de by the laws Of the republic.
| Let men who are running the moral
| fiber OF the republic through easy
! contempt for the prohibition law be-
| cause they think II restricts their
! personal liberty remember that they
/ set the example and breed con
! tempt for law which will ultimately
/ destroy the republic.
Constitutional prohibition has
has been adopted by the nation. II
IL the supreme law of the land. In
plain speaking, there are conditions
relating 10 iis enforcement which
SAVIOR Of nationwide scandal IL is
the most demoralising factor in our
/ public lie.
"Most OF our people assumed that
| the adoption of the Eighteenth
amendment meant the elimination
| of the question from our politics
| on the contrary, 1t has been so In
tensifled as an issue that many
voters are disposed to make all po-
| litiCal decisions with reference "a
this single question. II Is distract
ing the public mind and prejudlcinR
the Judgment of the electorate.
The day is unlikely to come
when the Eighteenth amendment
will be repealed. If the statutory
provisions for It's enforcement arc
contrary 20 deliberate public opin.
ion, which l do not believe, the rig
orous and literal enforcement will
concentrate public attention on any
requisite modification Such a
course conforms with the law and
saves the humiliation of the gov.
ernment and the humiliation of oui
people before the world and chal'
lenges the destructive forces en-.
gagged In widespread violation, oI
corruption and individual demorali
zation.
The Eighteenth amendment In
wolves the concurrent authority o
state and federal governments. fol
the enforcement of the policy it de
sires. A certain lack Of definite
ness, through division of responsi
b.lity is thus introduced. In orde
to bring about full UNDERSTANDING
! of duties and responsibilities as thu
distributed, l propose to invite th'
governors OF the states and terri
tories at an early opportunity to
conference with the federal exccu
: tive authorities With the full ant
free considerations which will thu
he possible 1t Is confidently believed
will emerge a more adequate com
prehnsion OF the whole problem
and definite policies of national ant
state cooperation in Administering
the laws.
There are pending bills for III
reg stra ton Of the allen who ha
come TO our shores. ! wish tn
passage of such an act might be eS
pcdited, This provision will enabl
us to guard against the abuses #
immigration, checking the undeslra
Bile whose irregular coming is hi
, first violation Of our laws.
, Before enlarging the immlgra
ton quotas, we had better provid
registration for aliens, and establis
our examination boards abroad, t
make sure Of desirables only. Il
the examination abroad we coul
! end the pathos at our ports whe
men and women find our door
: closed because they are unfit for ad
J mission.
> "Our program OF admission an,
! treatment of immigrants IS very in
timately related to the educationa
policy OF the republic. with Hitter
acy estimates at from two-tenths o
per cent TO less than per cent Fl
10 Of the foremost nations OF Eu
b rope. it rivets our attention 10 tn
. serious problem when we are re
Q minded of 6 per cent illiteracy in tn
- United States. The figures are base
- on the test which defines an illit
( crate as one having no schooling
r whatever. Remembering the wild
freedom OF our public schools, witt
5 compulsory attendance in man
% states in the union. one is convince'
g that much of our excessive illiterac,
0 comes to us from abroad and tn
: education OF the Immigrant become
r a requisite to his Americanizatior
p Here is revealed the special field 10
/ federal cooperation in furtherin
q education.
. From the very beginning publ
I, education has been left mainly Il
: the hands OF the states. But II
the especial obligation OF one fedora
. government TO devise means and ef
= fectively assist in the education o
: the newcomer from foreign lands
y Closely related to this problem
is the abolition Of child labor. Tn
decision OF the supreme court ha
n put this power outside the prope
= domain of federal regulation unit
= the constitution is amended. rec
= ommend the submission of such a
- amendment.
. we have two schools Of though