The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
D. A, R. Will Assist Aliens
Taking Out Citizenship Papers

WASHING yin, aug. 1o'-1 II {
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton today came to the aid OF
thousands of aliens clamoring to
take out first citizenship papers and
become American citizens.
Every assistance of the Society
will be given those seeking to be-
come ~naturalized, Mrs. Henry M.
Robert, Jr., president general OF
the National Society, declared.
The new federal act, requiring
registration of all aliens In the
United States an dthe great con-
fict across the seas has flooded ma
turalization courts with applica-
tons for citizenship. Thousands OF
foreign born men and women in
every part of the land are asking
advice and guidance so that they
may some day take the oath OF
allegiance and produtly say Il
am an American"
In a message to all state regents,
Mrs. Robert urged that every aid
be given not only those seeking cit
Fizenship, but those who r newly
~tnaturalized. She said:
/ Through its Manual for Citizen
ship and it's assistance at Naturali-
cation Courts, the National Society
Daughters of the American Revc-
luton has for years aided thous-
lands to become n~aturalized. Many
conditions combine to make the
number seeking naturalization
greater than ever.
"Our efforts in this direction
must therefore be increased.
There is developing a n e e d
which opens a new and wider field.
These newly n~aturalized citizens
need a follow-up' training in e
meaning and purposes of the Amer
lean way of life.
From a mountainous western
state, with supposedly no problems
of the foreign-born, a letter asking
help for five thousand new citizens
of one nationality who All want to
know more about America"
"The publisher of a foreign-lan-
uage paper asks permission to
print essential parts of our Manual
in installments.
"a newly ~naturalized citizen asks
our help in aiding thousands who
have their first papers to learn
more about America than Just
enough to become ~naturalized. He
says that they want to be a help to
America.
"Our Office of National Defense
Through Patriotic Education is
making every effort to meet the
demands for suitable literature.
For those chapters seeking new
outlets for patriotic service i S
field is limitless. If we neglect
these new citizens, others less in
terested in Americas welfare will
seize the opportunity. At time Of
naturalization it will be easy to
earn of those desiring further
study"
The D. A. R. Manual for Citizen
ship is the acknowledged handbook
on naturalization. 1t is printed in
English and II other languages.
From March l, 1889, to March l,
1910, 1898 copies of the manual
were distributed. This exceeded
the previous years distribution by
76,212, Mrs. Carl S. Hoskins, of Lis
bon, New Hampshire, n ational
chairman of the Manual for Citizen
ship Committee, reported.
At present the distribution is
nearly $4,000 above the estimated
quotas, as more and more requests
for the manual are received at
Washington.
Over tWo-thirds of the manuals
distributed are in English not only
because many of those seeking nat
udalization have learned that Ian
guage and now prefer it, but be-
cause many Americans, such as
youths in CCC and in C. M. T. c.,
also want to learn more about
Manuals in Italian are
second, with German and Polish
manuals next in line, Mrs. Hoskins
said. IL