SECTION III EDUCATIONAL TRAINING FOR CITIZENSHIP Record of Constructive Activities in Immigrant Education and Citizenship Training, Including State Laws, Educational Programs and Recommendations. Sub-section I. General Survey of Field of Education for Citizenship. 2277 2411 II. Citizenship Training - The United States Government 2359 York State V. Naturalization [2275] 3335 4165 "SPECIAL NOTICE" Statistics relating to alien population, number of illiterates and other statistical data appearing in this section of the report have been furnished by various authorities. It will be observed that there is a marked disagreement in the statistics received from different sources bearing upon the same subject. The Committee has had no facilities for verifying these statistics and has therefore been compelled to accept them as given. [2276] II. Relative Merit of Private and Public Agencies for Ameri canization 2328 III. Teacher Requirements and Teacher Training.. 2335 IV. Curricula Recommended for Courses of Citizenship Training 2316 V. Regulated Attendance 2350 VI. Appropriations 2356 [2277] SUB-SECTION I GENERAL SURVEY OF FIELD OF EDUCATION FOR CITIZENSHIP t INTRODUCTION PROBLEMS PRESENTED In Part One of this report an effort has been made to portray he subversive influences that play upon the minds of all classes in this country. It has been shown that every cause of discontent and every injustice has been seized upon by radical groups, magnified and charged to the Government and the institutions of this country and the system under which we live. The selfishness of the individual employer, the action of an indiscreet or dishonest public official, is turned into an argument for the overthrow of this government and its institutions. It has also been shown that the propaganda of the various revolutionary and seditious groups is extremely effective in the alien population of our industrial centers. The facts disclosed by recent investigations of the radical movement in the United States, and more particularly by the definite findings of this Committee, show that revolutionary propaganda thrives upon ignorance. There has been revealed a lamentable illiteracy and lack of appreciation of America and its institutions. "We have living in America many in whom America does not live." To give them an understanding and appreciation of our institutions and the benefits which may be derived therefrom, to keep alive in the newcomer from Europe such ideals brought over by him as may be consistent with American liberty that is the educational problem of the immediate future. The doors of America have always stood open. For years hordes have been pouring in from practically all nations of the earth, including thousands of refugees from political and religious persecution. Within the meager limitations prescribed by the Federal immigration laws men, women and children of all kinds and conditions have been welcome to our shores. The original need for manual labor to develop the natural resources of this country and |