Evening star., 1941-03-16

'f you We been miserable" said lone for that is
Mussons agents have doused the Italian neghbor
hoods a over America with propaganda And incidentally,
you Italian Americans not blameleS this point You
didn't fight that propaganda enough either because you
thought would hurt businesses because were
afraid ignorant Indifferent Maybe you didn't realize
that it really Hes propaganda, and that Hitler wants
to stir up trouble here he disrupt this country
WE'LL result of that propaganda many Italian Americans
think that their lives tied with Nussons fortunes
That's wrong The fact that you Americans of Italian
descent much likely to that ideals
should be, those of Garibald and Mazzini -
'Oh, yes, put in the boy. Il know about Garbaldi.
HATS fine" said Both Garibald and Mazzini
patriots heroes of the Washington and Jefferson kind
They fought and worked for freedom and democracy just
American heroes did. And there was Mazzei
Who's he?" the boy asked.
"An Italian too He came to America by way of England
before our Revolution He settled in Virginia and became
friend of Jeesons In 774 he wrote articles in
Italian liberty and democracy Jefferson translated them,
and the phrase about all of being created equal which
Mazzei had used first of his found its into
the Declaration of independence.
Gee, heard of him, Dad! said the boy reprov
ingly.
Where can learn about him." asked Mr.. r.
There are two books about him, and he is
toned in Others answered. Ask your librarian to
dig them up you Mazzei part of the highest American
tradition and think Italian Americans ought to know about
him. That would make easier for them to become
closely identified and completely ntegrated with Amer
lea they would realize that they part of the entire
stream of American experience and history. If they knew
about Mazzei don't think Mussonis ups and downs and
his propaganda would be of real consequence to them
O course what saying applies more or less to Ameri
of other strains 1t would be good for Polish Americans
if they knew that Poles with Captain Smith at James
the very beginning of the America know today
and that the Poles helped that colony 1t would do
them good also about Generals Pulaski and kosci
usko who fought side by side with George Washington in the
Revolution And would help Jewish Americans if they knew
about Haym Salomon who loaned Washington large sum
of money at crisis during the Revolution and who
incidentally repaid And it would help German
Americans they about Carl Schurz and General
Steuben.
And would be simply great if old stock Americans,
also, knew about Mazze Pulaski, Haym Solomon, Won
Steuben and other such foreigners 1t would free of
them prejudice and intolerance toward the stocks
1t would keep them from passing ignorant remarks about
Italian Polish jewish German and other kinds of Americans
remarks inspired by events in Europe
1T would help all to realize that America the creation
of people who came here from all the world that in
sense all immigrants here and that need to accept
one another as integral parts of this country regardless if
happens to be Simpson, Dnocco, Goldberg, Zan-
baoskas or Starzinsky
A few days ago. Mr. r. "My is new boy.
He has read up Mazzei So have the rest of
we're all proud to be Italian Americans He underlined the
last word.
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