San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-26
FOREIGNERS IN
!. TEXAS RECEIVE
BEST TRAINING
State Leads in Americana
cation Work, Naturali-
cation Head Says.
SAN ANTONIO ASLEEP
Only Large City in Which
Aliens Asking Citizenship
Are Not Schooled.
SAN ANTONIO ASLEEP

Texas has a more efficiently or
ganized system for the Americaniza-
ton of foreigners than any state in
the Washington district comprising
all states south of the Ohio river,
East of the Mississippi, including
Texas, Louisiana and Porto Rico. ac-
cording to .. Il. Moore, chief natural
ization examiner for the Washington
district, who is in San Antonio, Mon
day, en- route TO Ell Paso where he
will be present at 4 naturalization
hearing Thursday.
Credit for the effective organiZa-
ton of the rural system belongs TO
NJ. II. Anthoni, formerly naturaliza-
ton examiner for Texas, and his as
sistant, Walter Wheatley. Mr.. Moore
asserted, a well as TO the judges of
the state district courts throughout
Texas who have manifested interest in
the Americanization of the foreign Gle
ment in their respective jurisdictions.
The plan, in brief, calls for an or
der from each district judge TO the
district clerk. ordering the clerk to
refer each alien who applies for citi-
zenship to county school superintend-
entS, who in turn asfed public school
teachers to volunteer their services in
teaching aliens the principles of
Americanization.
San Antonio Does Not Aid.
4This plan has worked extraordin-
arily well in Fort Bend county where
at least 20 per cent of aliens applying
for citizenship are taking the school
ing" Mr.. Moore said. The district
judges in Texas are manifesting an
unusual interest in the Americaniza-
ton of foreigners, more so, it seems,
than in the other states in the Wash
ington district. Although the plan has
worked well in other parts of the dis
trict, 1T has the most successful opera
ton in this state"
San Antonio is one of the few large
cities in the state that does not con
Duct an Americanization school, Mr.
Moore asserted. For the last three
years no appropriation has been made
for this purpose, according to the San
Antonio school board office. About
three years ago. there were II teach
ers whose duties were 10 instruct
adult foreigners in the English Ian
guage and in the principles of Amcri-
canization. Due to lack of funds, the
annual appropriation was .discontin-
ued.
BEST Success at Ell Paso.
"One' of the most successful Ameri-
canization schools in Texas. is at FL
Paso," Mr.. Moore believes. "San An
tonic appears to be asleep on the job.
In every city where Americanization
schools are conducted successful re-
suits are obtained.
OF the 5000 petitions for naturaliza-
ton filed annually in the Washington
district. one-fourth. or 1900 are filed
in Texas. the chief naturalization ex-
aminer said. Although the Mexican
born population constitutes the largest
class of aliens in this state, yet this
group is not as outstanding one inso-
far as the member of aliens who are
admitted into citizenship are con-
cerned. Mr.. Moore said.
Praises Authorities Work. J.,
Mr.. Moore praised work of Mr.. An
thoni highly, stating that he had not
found it necessary to visit this part
of his district often. due to the sue.
cessful handling of the naturalization
service by Mr.. Anthoni. No successor
to Mr.. Anthoni's office has as yet
been named.
Approximately GO cases win come
up for hearing at FL Paso next
Thursday. Next week there will prob
ably be GO cases at Beaumont. 40 at
Richmond, and % at Brady. Naturali-
cation Examiner Walter Wheatley is
conducting an examination of about 30
aliens at Wichita Falls. Monday.
Mr.. Moore will leave San Antonio
for Ell Paso. Monday evening.