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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-11-03

NepamaluJeme. Sc, re nekdy
Q bolvy byl by panoval TAX ma
II zajem jako letos. Registra-
CO byla tax slaba, ze nekolik
desitek tisicu obcanu v Gle
velandu vubec nedalo sc "a
psati do volebnich seznamn.
III nebudou moci hlasovati,
lee by dokazali, re pro vaz-
nou pricinu nemohli Sc dosta-
viii k registraci We dnech pro
nj urcenych. Takovych asi ne
bude mnoho spise bude do
sti tech, ktefi ackoli dali Sc
zapsati do volebnich seznamG,
k volbe neprijdou. Mona, re
Sc mylime, soudime TAX ne
patrneho zajmu, jenz Sc jevi
o uterni volbu.
A piece bude v utery obcan
stvem naseho statu rozhodova
no Q vecech yelike dulsEiAe-
sti, vedle obsazeni obecnlch a
soudcovskych ufadu. Bude Sc
hlasovati o dodatcich k statni
ustave a 0 dvou zakonech. Il
techto predloha starobnich
pensi dostala sc ma volebni Ii
stek, pomoci iniciativy - kdyz
byl statni snem nechal il "ze-
mritf' - Taftuv berni zakon
odkazan referendu, cili prime
mu hlasovani obcanstva, kdyz
byl iej statni snem pi'ijal a
guvener "zabil' svym vetem.
Jak We zpravach jsme sc
Zminili, diva q dodatku k usta-
We jsou nedalezite, ale Ia to
znaCne dulezitosti jest omen,
jimz sc doplnuje pfitomny
delnicky kompensacni zakon.
Die dosavadniho zakona v
pripad6, ze delnik prisel zi-
vot v praci, pozustali po nem
meli ma vyber, bud prijati
$1,000 odSkodneho cd industri
alni komise, neb Sc souditi S
firmou, IL niz dotyGny 0 zivot
pfisel. kdyz sc jednalo po-
ranenfpdeinika, mel tentyz
slvoji vyber. I'll, kdoz odporu-
cuji d!MAatek, o nemz bude
hlasovano V utery, uvadeji ty-
to hsayni duvody: Vysetiova-
MIN Sc dokazalo, re n pro
cent tech, kdoz Sc soudili
prohrah a tim sc stale, ze VII.
bee niceho nedostali. Kdyi
delnik neb jeho poztistali ode
prei pfijati odskodne die IA
kOna cd Industrialni komise
vzdali Sc vsech naroku ma ne
AZ ii, co yyhrali, dostali pru.
merne meme nez byli by do
stali beze ysech soudu cd In
dustrialni komise. Poukazujt
Sc. re casio soud Sc vlece, je
den, diva, ba az tri roxy a *
vlastne jediny prospech mel
adyokati. Stalo Sc nekdy, 4,
vysoudili velky obnos a toht
pouzivali ku premlouvani pc
ranenych delniku neb jejicl
pozustalych. Poukazuje 81
dale, re kdyz delnik nekd.
vysoudil vetsi obnos, nez b,
byl dpstal cd 1ndustrialni ko
mise, byl nucen dati polovin'
adyokatovi, takze jenom vel
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-11-03
Otrava ryb v hornim tok,

Vitavy. Z krumlova Sc sdelu
je, re tam pluje .po hladine
Vltavy tisice leklych ryb. Pri-
cinu tohoto hromadneho pada
nj ryb dluzno hledati v -Zne-
cistene. vode feky ,otravnymi
odpadovymi vodami prnmyslo
vych podniku ma horejsfm to
ku Vkavy.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-11-03
KDO E KDO v Z.
DlSTRUTU?

I. Novy druht- distrikt obsahu-
lie skore1n cely tax zvany jiho-
vJchodnf' Cleveland v tomto
F'distriktu jest 90% volicd zro-
zenych cizin3 neb ciziho pu-
vodu. Jest zde "a kandidatd,
snazicich Sc stati Sc radnimi
dne s. listopadu. Jen 5 jich
muze byti zvoleno. Skorem
kazda narodnost- ma jednoho
neb vice kandidatd. Jest po-
llozena otazka: "Kdo q t9chto
I'll kandid&th Jest prayym mu
zen,?'' Pc velice pezoxH6m a
fddkfadnem prehledu zasluh,;
lshez, ohledu ma rasu, nabozen-
l.styi neb stranu, jmeno dr.
ECharlese H. McFarlanda stoji
I'iako. majak. Proc? DR.. Nc
EFarland byl obyvatslem toho-
Ito distriktu skorem po cely III
Evot. Zna potreby a nutnost O.
Eprav i pfanf teto ctvrt9. Ia
Estava myslenku, ze okres i me-
|.sto plati jejich prid6l ma tyto,.
Eopravy a ze nerna byti cel6 bre
Emeno uvaleno ma d9lnika, jenz
Inahodou ,vlastni v tomto di-
Estriktu maV domek.
/ Dr.. Mcfarland byl presiden
item The South End Chamber
Tot Enterprise. Vetsinou jeho
Ezasluhou byla Broadway roz-
lksifena a znovu vydlazd6na,
'Ezffzen byl most Harvard De-
/ nison a otevfena trat' poulicni
carahy Harvard Denison.
/ R. 1916 byl jmenovan; sqpe-
/ Erintendentem mestske hemoc-
/ nice, kde Sc staral o kazdeho
fstejne, at bohatym Hebo chu-
kdym - necinif kadneho rozdi-
Flu. Kazdemu Sc dostalo stej-
/ Enym dilem nejvetsi lidskosti i
fpece. Vzdav Sc tohoto 1fadu,
/ slouzil Spoj. Statdm "a ssveto-
I've valky. Tam "a mofem, kde
nasi statecni hosi .konah svoji
I Fpovinnost, kde itch tisice a ti-
sice pablo, ably Sc nikdy do
| milovan&ho Vdomova nevratilH
mel DIR. Mcfarland peel o ne
mocnice a pracoval jak jen clo
vek mIze pro nase chrabre a
neohrozene hochy. Sluzba ta-
Ito byla tax velkolepou, ze po-
vysen byl ma hodnost plukov-
/ nika. DR.. Mcfarland slouzil
tez v span6lsko-americk6 val
sa a ayxdQha povst&ni IA Filir
N Ones slouzi v. mestske rads
"a Is. wardu, kde bojoval pro
sazdeho.. Osvedcme uznani
a zvolme dr.. McFarlanda nej-
vetsi majoritou, jaka kdy byla
LLAMA nekteremu kandidatovi
do m6stske rady v Clevelande.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-11-03

prOhral - Jak Sc StalO We ~
procentech pripadd - nedo-
stal vubec niteho.
Kdyby byl prijat navrhova-
ny dodatek, delnik nemel by
toho druheho vyb6ru, zalova-
tt zamestnavatele, ale "a to
mdustrialni komise mela by
pravo y pripad6, re v tovar-
ne nebylo dbano bezpecnost-
Mich opatreni zakonem prede
psanych, zvysiti odSkodne ne
meme nez 0 Is procent a ne vi
ce nez SO procent, nezli>Si-
nj puvodni castka. Poskozeny
neni tn vydavan v nebezpeci
uplne ztraty, jak tomu dosud
bylo, kdyz ma miste prijeti cd
,skodneho cd Industrialni ko-
mise. zaloyal. . T.
Po prvnfm ledhu, 1924, ma
ximalni nahrada "a smrt DEL
nika v praci, bude S6,5oo a
kdyby bylo dokazano, re V
tovarne nebylo dbano' bezpec
nostnich opatreni, odSkodne
mohlo by byti zvyseno az 80
procent, cili 'skoro az ma S1O,-
600.
Odpurci dodatku .rlavne po
ukazuji, ze jeho prijeti melo
by "a nasledek, 70 tovar-
my nedbaly by bezpecnosti del
nictva, kdyz by Jim nehrozily
zaloby o vysoke odskodne v
pripade zabiti neb poraneni
delnikd.
Dulezitym jest zakon ma
Ivyplaceni starobnich pensi, O
n6mz obGanstvo naseho statu
bude pfisti utery rozhodovati.
Die tohoto zakoha kazdy oh
can neb obcanka Spojenych
Statu, bydlevsi v Ohiu pat
pact roktl, mohl by pozadati
0 pensi pri dosazeni IS roku
v6ku, kdyz nema rocniho du.
chodu $3.50 neb majetek v ce-
ne $2,500 a dale, kdyz be.
hem ctyf mesicu pred poda.
niml zadosti nebyl uvezn6n
kdyz neopustil manzelku, neh
manzela (v pfipade zenyl
neb nedospele deti b6hem Sc
sti mesicu a kdyz nedostaval
neb nedostavala dobroGnnou
podporu behem roku.
/ Pense nesmi presahoyati 81
ltydne a .iakekoli pfijmy od
Ibratrskych 'neb d6lnickych OF
|ganisaci nebudou pocitany ia
ko duchod. kdyby vsak nekdc
mel, Ma prfklad $150 rocnihc
! duchodu q .iinych zdroju 9
starobni pense byla mu pOskyt
nuta, dostane pouze $500 roc.
ne a pod. kdo by mel MAZE
TEX v Gene $4,000 neb vice Z
starobni pensi obdrzel, tn sta
,po jeho smrui mel by nxrol
na plnou castku vyplacenycl
pensl a teprve ma to, co zby
10, NELL by naroky dedicove.
Il y
!, @ starobmch pensich n,
/ tomto miste vlcekrate jsm,
. psali. Ma Sc jinai vyhoyeti a
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Pfisti pomniky Pizni z
Plzn8 20 pfse: "M6sto Plzeif
nem& pomnikI, ktere by byly'
zvlaStnf okrasou. Fo tSto'
STRANGE jest Plzen velmi Jchu-
da, nebot' cetkem ma vefej-!
nych 2rostranstvich ma til
pomniky muzd zaslouzilych
o rozvoj mesta a probuzeni
ceskeho zivlu, pomniky to
bez unnelecke ceny. -Ostatne je
velmi tezko dnes v Pizni neja-
ky pomnik unlistiti tax, aby
nezapadnul. P6kne misto proI
.pomnik pred museem bylo|
ma navrh starosty m6sta posi-.
Pika obecnim zastupitelstvem|
reservovano pro pomnik pal
ma presidenta Masaryka. Na-|
vrh byl pied cssem schvalen|
a proto S tin1to opravdu who'd
nym mistem pro pomnik media
Sc jiz -disponovati. Dale ma
byti " Plzni postaven pomnik|
|selskeho rebsla Jana Sladke.
ho-Koziny. Akci tuto wal "a
svoji dorost republikanske
strany ceskeho venkova Ia
grarni). Akce vstoupila jiz do
vrcholneho stadia, ale jedna
Sc misto pro pomnik. W.
skytuji Sc hlasy, aby byl po-
mink KozinI~. postaven ma ma
imesti republiky, poblize rad
nice, v niz ibyl Kozina pred
svoji popravoW veznan. Pofa-
datele akce hodiali pomnik po
staviti ma Chodskem namesti
proti cemuz svsak- 2 umelec
kych kruhu lbyfo namitano,
ze je pro pomnik v9tsfeh roz
meru male a be pomnfk me-
dial by Sc vFtechto mistech
dobfe umistixi. KoneGne jed
ma Sc o pomnfk tteti a sice 0
postaveni pomnfku j. X. Ty-
How, ktery ' Plzni zemrel.
Vec tato tahne sc jiz asi' dva-
Get let. Poradatelstvo dispo-
Inuje jfz sluSnou castkou pc
fnez, ale jedna Sc o velmi OBJ
TINY problem, o umisteni
pomniku. Zakladhi kamen k
pomniku Tylovu sice jiz pred
lety Sc polozil ma pdvodne uf-
cene misto.s aau4 Husovy tfidy,
poblize M6stskeho ,divadla. Be
hem casu doslo Sc vsak k ma
zoru, ze toto misto je nevhod
inc a re pomnikem byla by ru
sena velika frekyence, v tech
to mistech panujici. Nyni Sc
ledna volbu noveho mista
pro Tyluv pomnik, coz bude
|vec opravdu t6zka. Hrob Ty-
Inv, nalezajici Sc ma hrbito-
I've u sv. MikulaSe v Plzni, kam
sc jiz leta nepochoyava, byl
iv poslednich dnech nekolika
dobrymi lidmi uveden do ma
leziteho stavu."
! K pozaru Nsm6icich u
klatov. v obci Nemcicich ma
Klatovsku vypukl dne 6. rij-
ma pull 8. -hod. vecerni ma
|pude kolny, nalezejici velko-
statku Wales v vPlanici, ohen.
ktery Sc brzy rozsiril a zachva
It'll stodolu. Obe staveni byla
;zni6ena a shorela veskera le-
tosnf sklizen obili, sena a ota-
Ivy, .veskere hospodarske zan-
zeni a, mnozstvi dobytka a
ldTubeze. Skoda 100000 Kc je
kryta pouze nepatrne casti
pojistenim. X ohni sicily Sc ha-
lisicske sbory \ okolnich dedin,
Petrovic, Bi1uk, Oujezda, Stru
hadla, Mecina, Pfedslavy a
Nemcic, avsak tenn pro nedo-
.statek vodg nebylo lie zachra
! niti hoficich staveni. Fara, k
1niz. nalezela staveni, zdstala
nedotcena. Pricin2 ohne neby
i la dosud zjistena. cetnictyo
lpatra po nj.
zide ma Slovensku a Pod.
2, karnsfakk p,.~: nnn;sovo4o a
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spoh easteGne pozadavku

stdIl pOnIICHu St8Va sc NJ
piilis casto, re clovek pricin
ivy, nasledkem nemoci neb
jinych nezavinenych pffcin,
We start ocitne Sc bez zamest-
mani a bez jakychkoli pro-
stredki vyzivy. Kdyby jenom
0 takove ,pTipady slo, tu jiste
nebylo by namitek proti sta
robnim pensim.
Odpurci .zakona poukazuji
vsak, ze starobni, pense pod
porovaly by zahalecstvi, ze
zbavily by deti povinnosti, jez
mali vdci sestMlym, rodicIm
a re nikdo nevi, co stale by
starobnich pensi -
mluvi pry Sc . $4,000, 900, o
$50, 900, 900 roGne a dokonce
o v6tsich sumach.
Co Sc tyce tohoto poslednf
no argumentu, tn dluzno mi
ii ma zfeteli, ze kdyhy starob-
nj pense byly zavedeny, od-
padia by nynejsi dobrocinna
pece 0 osoby chude q ssestarle.
v koncich novy system sotva
tbyl by vetsim bfemenem ma
pYoduktivni tridy nez omen ny
n6jsi. e.
Co Sc tyce prvni namitky,
nikdo nebude zapirat, ze me-
ma jistou vahu - nash by Sc
hide, kteff by .rekli, "co pax
bych Sc staral ia setril,. kdyz
We start dostanu pensI'', j.
ale takovi nyni tim neb o.
nim zp1sobem pripadnou ma
obtiz vefejne dobrocinnosti.
v nekterych zemich evrop-
skych starobni pense davno
jiz byly zavsdeny. ale o ameri
ckych statd jenom v Nevade,
Montana a Alasce. Rcvnez
Pennsylvania ma zakon sta
robnich pensieh, nez do
sud nevstoupil tam v platnost
nasledkem jistych teehnic-
kych namitek zdvizenych pro-
ii nemu. Vsechny tyto jmeno-
vane staty mali vsak zakony,
Ivyzadujici cd deti, aby sc sta
rally, 0. ,sve sestarle rodee. Te-
prve, kdyz. deti nemohou Sc Q
ne postarati. jest pense povo-
lena. V Ohiu takoveho zako-
ma neni.
y
Taftllv berni zakon, nemz
bude rovnez v utery hlasovano
treba re ma jiste nedokonalo-
sti, jest aspon prvnim krokem
v pravem smeru -. totiz aby
mesta a okresy lilly V mezich
svych prijmu. Az dosud slav
ne urady ridily Sc touto "jed
'noduchou" formulkou: Kdyz
nemame, tedy 81 vypajcime,
A tax Sc stalo, re verejny duh
" Ohio vzrostl cd roku 1921
do 1922 $1S8,OOO,000 ma
/ $679, 100000 a "utesene"
vzrdsta dale.
Rikati. ze "a Taftova zakC
ma byly by dane zvyseny
kdezto nyn6jsi Smithuv zakon
ze pred tim chrani, jest pro-
! ste nesmyslem, jak ukazuje
svrchu uvedene vzrustani We.
rejneho dluhu, coz jest take
pfi6inou vysokych dani. We
ka- iich cast jde do ,umofovac
Tho fondu a ma uroky. DIE Tai
tova zakona byl by zaveder
Ibudzetni system. o. vydan
vsech dluhopisa roZhodovalt
Eby obcanstvo a byly by vyd:
my jenom tehdy, kdyby prt
ne. byla odevzdana 60-procen
nj yetsina vrzenych HAST. A
n,iuho to ,bylo by uvedeno, o.
by dane stouply,. kdyby vyds
mi dluhopislt byfo schyaleno.
Jak svrchu feceno, tfeba Il
Taftiv zakon neni dokona
lynn, jest to krok v praven
smeru a jest zajimavo, ze- Rej
vice broji proti nemu kruh.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-11-03

9 starobmch pensich ma
tomto miste vlcekrate jsme
psali. Ma Sc jimi vyhoveti a.
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o SOUCASNYCH UDALOSTECH.>

mi zridka n9co' ziskal a kdyz
prohral jak Sc stalo We 27
procentech pripadd - nedo-
stal vubec niteho.
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zide ma Slovensku a v Pod
karpatske Rusi.Sy DopisovateI
new-yorskeho zidovskeho den
niku "ThesayS mef rozmluvuI
s ministrem drem Hodzou.
Ten prohlasil, he zidovskym'
malorolnikqm ma Slovenskul
4 v Podkarpatske Rusi nesta-'
ne Sc poZemkovou reformou
zadna uima, ze naopak zeme'
delska statni sprava bude je
" kazdem sm6ra podporovat.
Take planu zaloziti ,zidovskou
malorolnickou kolonii ma Slo-
vensku = 1laditi. ylastni penez-
nj ustav pro nj dostane SO pod
pory.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-02
SERVICE TO THE DISABLED
AND THE Community ARE
aims OF LEGION SAYS FORD

Service to the comnur,+,. .,.
state and the nation is the G;,+ me
the American Legion and eyxrv
member of 1t, declared Pcr,ev
Ford; OF Sanford. department com.
4ianoer OF Maine, at a meeting in
Legion Hall last night that was az
tended py representatives OF nearly
every Post in the county. over *
pelng present. The melting followed
conference of post officers in the
afternoon when county organiza-
uon was formed and plans were
t ,u,1e lor another meeting to be
neg IN tpis city within month.
ton to MIR. Ford were Edward 8
Anthone of Portland, a past com
mander OF the department, John ]
Towne. of Watervile. vice comman-
der; James l.. Boyle Of Wateryille.
deoartment adjutant, DR.. 3. T..
Hayden or Togus. county member
or the state executive committee
ana representatives of tho Water
vile. Oakland, Iogus, Augusta,
Hallowel and Grdincr Posts. At
TINS meeting. Mr.. Boyle explained
much of the work that should be
done by the Post officers and many
OF the mistakes that have been
made. He also told the assemblage
that weekly paper, "The Maine
Lcgionairc' would be published
soon and that it would be used for
medium for getting the facts
about the Legion into every home.
DR.. Hayden by virtue of his Of
nee is also chairman of the county
council and he explained that the
objects of this council would be to
promote acquaintance among the
members of the American Legion
within the county and State and to
coordinate the activities of the Le-
gion Posts through conferences and
exchange ideas. Harry o. Barney
OF this city was named secretary
and Albion Blake of Oakland treas
urer The officers were named as
a committee on bylaws and will
report at the next meeting which
probably will be held in this city.
den again explained the work of the
County Council and declared that if
conducted properly this council
would prove of great benefit to the
posts.
Ask for Cooperation
Mr.. Boyle asked for cooperation
between members of Posts and
counties in the State. feeling that
the work of the Legion could be eX-
tended greatly if this was accorded
where now little appreciation of the
organization is extended. He men
toned the bill now before the Legis-
latlre to make Armistice Day. Nov.
II. State holiday and asked for
the support of every Legionaire to
make that possible as that was the
only bill that the Legion had really
asked for and had supported. many
attending the hearing held at the
State House in the afternoon. lie
recalled the celebrations that had
been held on that day in 1918 down
to last fall, when in many towns no
observance of the day was had at
all. and he declared that it was the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-02
Captain Hudgins Dead
Was First to Pilot
Boat Through Canal

New York. March Captain Ar
thur Tod Hudgins. widely known
seaman. who piloted the first passen-
ger steamer through the Panama
Canal at the invitation Of Major
General George w. Cocktails. died
suddenly at his home today of heart
disease.
When the World war broke out.
Captain Hudgins joined the engineer
ing corps as captain. His corps was
located at St. NaZaire, France, where
lie supervised the building Of mod
crn port. at which more than 1,000.-
600 troops were landed.
Captain Hudgins was liheal des-
ccndant of Sir Francis Drake, the
first Englishman to circumnavigate
the globe. His father was Colonel
Charles II. Hudgins, who was on the
staff of StOnewall Jackson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-02
The "Know Augusta"
Club Visits Gannett's

The "Know Augusta club of the
y. NJ. c. A. took their first trip on
Thursday afternoon when through
the courtesy of Fred Lord. they Wis
tied the Gannett Publishing Co.
They were shown through the plant
by Jack O'Conneli and were greatly
interested by the various processes
used there. The theory of the work
of the monotype and the linotype
machines was explained to them and
each boy was presented with 4 limo
type slug with his name upon it.
Next Thursday the club will make
another trip. although the place has
not been selected as yet. All boys
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-02
Thousands Attend
Formal Opening of
Hussey Hardware Co.

Between three and four thousand
people were present Thursday at the
official opening of the Hussey Hard
ware Co, new building on Bangor
street. From two o'clock Thursday
afternoon until ten o'clock that eve
ming there was a constant stream OF
people exploring the building from
top to bottom.
The many fine diplay features and
labor saving devices of the now
building were inspected by the pub
lie and great praise was heard on
every side about the many features
which have been installed.
1t was originally planaed to give
the picture, THE Finishing Touch
in TIE afternoon and again in the
evening but so great was the crowd
in the afternoon. that it was ncccs-
sary to show this picture twice at
that time. The picture is put out
by the Wadsworth-Ho Rowland Co,
makers of paints and varnishcs. and
shows the various processes IN max
ing fine paints, Varnlshes ana
eamels.
Three reels Of pictures showing
the various operations and the ma
chinery used and was extremely m
tercsting. William T.. kerrish, con.
nected with the advertising lorce y,
the company had charge of this part
of the program and before the pic
lures were flashed upon the screen
he cave a short talk on the history
of paint, showing how it was used
bv ancient people, and how Nernln-
lion especially was priced by them.
This is the first showing OF 'hiS
him in Maine, and it will be aIall-
able for the use Of clubs, societicS'
schools and others in this state our
ing the summer. s,;ro,
Music was also furnished durlnS
the opening by Douglas Meloos
men. there being five of them piessn..
Having all tho evening: A wireless s'
set was installed for this event pE
Vinton Hussey and music was pich-
ed M during the evening by TINS SCI SCI
The busiest place in me WIZ
huilding was the counter Mi'o.s
advertising balloons and yards', ,.ns
We're given out. This counter was
mobbed at times by those seek.n n5
these articles and they were given
out by the hundred. os+ no,as-
The entire event was most Pc" ov,
,nr both to the owners OF me noI
store and to the many who atteil'o"'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-02
Educators Close
Convention with
Adoption Resolutions

Cleveland, March 1.-(By K. P)--
The department of superintendent of
the National Education Association
closed five days convention with a
final business session tonight at which
the delegates adopted the report of the
resolutions committee.
The resolutions committee report, in
part, follows:
President Harding. governors and
mayors were commended for issuing
proclamations during education week
last December.
Expressed gratitude for enlarged f.
nancial support by legislature, and
urged continuance along these lines
to the end that there may be an Amer
lean school good enough for every
American child. and for the failure of
every attempt at reaction against "a
proper and adequate provision Of funds
for public school purposes, whether
made by single individual or by back
Vard-looking groups"
Allegiance in the Sterling-Towner
bill is reaffirmed.
Necessity of a secretary Of education
in the presidents cabinet and federal
aid in removing illiteracy. in American
izing the foreign born, preparing
teachers. developing adequate programs
of physical and health education and
equalization of educational opportuni-
ties is urged
The movement to have professionally
trained county superintendents to give
rural children better education is en-
dorsed.
Devotion of class room teachers who
nave caught the spirit of the new ed
ucational advance in maintaining the
ideals and standards of the American
system Ct public eduction, is praised.
Adjustment Of summer vacations by
spllttlng the school year into four
terms or three months each. with two
week vacation period around Christmas
and the Fourth of July was urged by
II. G. Weber. superintendent of school,
Nashville, Tenn, speaking one 9TH
ycer-round school, at 8, section meet
ing.
The summer vacation is an archaic
idea which w:is in good form when ag-
ricu'turc was the main occupation and
required the assistance of children in
harvesting. he said.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-02
Sec. Davis Presents.
Plan AmericaniZatiOn
of Seven Million Aliens

Pittsburgh. March 1.--Plans for
the AmericaniZation of seven mill
lion foreigners now in. this country
were briefly outlined by James J.
Davis. secretary of labor, in an adj
dress before the st. David's Socie-
ty. a Welsh organization Of Pitts
burgh. tonight.
I'VE are confronted with a SER
ious problem in our alien popula-
ton. said Mr.. Davis. 1--WE have
fourteen million foreigners in Am
erica. Seven million of who mare
living among us without assuming
tho duties of American citizenship.
We propose to enroll these aliens,
to take annual census Of them, in
orde rto provide for them the OPP
portunity to learn what America
means and what the privileges and
duties of American citizenship are
I'VE propose to Americanize the
alien before he alieniZes America
We propose to make him citizen
If he proves worthy of citizenship,
and to send him whence he came
If he proves unworthy"