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About The united American : a magazine of good citizenchip. (Portland, Or.) 1923-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1926)
April 1926 Page Threè THE UNITED AMERICAN American Labor s 'THOSE who are still talking 1 about American Labor in terms of self-willed individuals grouped together to put the “knife on the throat” of the industrial and commercial Amer ica, are no longer talking about the American who works intel ligently for a stipulated wage. Labor organizations, as we know them today, are performing a pa triotic service—they are train ing the producing class for wider responsibilities in American citi zenship. American Labor has passed out of its fighting stage. The representatives of American Labor are today sitting around the conference table with the employers of the more enlight ened class. Large business ven tures of the cooperative order are today conducted by Labor. Labor has invaded the industrial oper ators’ field. Labor is today acknowledged successful in the world of finance. Labor banks have taken their places in nearly every metropolitan city as com petitive institutions, having accepted every responsibility of state and national banking regu lations. Nearly all Labor banks are members of the Federal Reserve System which to a great extent made it possible for labor unions to go into the banking business. The progressive American business man values labors’ venture in the business world, As the laboring people them- selves become familiar with the business problems of the day, the radicals’call for constantwar fare on capital loses its appeal. The wage-earner of today is no longer afraid of the corpora tion or the public utility for which he is working. He has become a partner on a small scale. He is backing up his investment with a will to serve, and differences are settled in a friendly way. The American laborer of today is a partner in every business pursuit. He is a responsible unit of the community. He has estab lished his credit and cooperates to prevent un-employment which robs the worker of his security and leads to destructive warfare and bitterness in industrial life. AM EBICAN A Magazine of Good Citizenship Issued Monthly in the Interest of Americanization and Adult Education H. J. LANGOE, Editor Associate Editors: Robert G. Deming, State Director of Americanization, State of Connecticut (President Department Adult Education, National Education Ass’n. U. S.) William Chandler Smith, Chief State Bureau Immigrant Education, New York (Chairman Editorial Board “Interstate Bulletin”) Charles M. Herlihy, State Superviser Adult Alien Education, Massachusetts R. E. Dugdale, Director Extension Dept., Board of Education, Toledo, Ohio Geo. A. Green, Director Citizens’ Bureau, Immigrant Aid, Cleveland, Ohio A. C. Strange, Oregon State Director of Americanization Schools, Portland, Or. Publishers: The Northman Publishing Company (Inc.) Officers: H. J. Langoe, President; B. G. Skulason, Sec-Treasurer Unices and Publishing House Labbe Building, 227% Washington Street, Portland, Oregon Phone Broadway 6600 Vol. 4 XnëOU822 April, 1926 Number 7 CONTENTS EDITORIAL SUBJECTS— Overproduction will Eliminate the Distiller and the Boot legger; When Faith and Ideals Become Impaired; Help to Protect the Nation’s Forests................................. ................ THE IDEAL AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IS BASED ON CON SENT OF THE GOVERNED .......................................... By H. J. Langoe AMERICAN LABOR ....................................................................... ... By H. J. Langoe ABRAHAM LINCOLN .......................................... .......... . ................ By Martin Phillip Rindlaub, Sr., Platteville, Wisconsin THE COMING ERA OF ADULT EDUCATION ................................ By Robt C. Deming, Pres. Adult Education, N. E. A. LESSON IN GOOD CITIZENSHIP FROM COUNTY PUBLISHERS PROGRESS IN AMERICANIZATION ............. ................................. JOHN BULL CUTS HIS ANNUAL BUDGET BY TWELVE MIL LION DOLLARS ..................................................................... THE MAKING OF AMERICAN CITIZENS ................. . By A. C. Strange, Oregon State Director of Americanization THE COMMONWEALTH OF OREGON ................................. ...... By A. C. Strange, Oregon State Director of Americanization QUESTION AND ANSWER PAGE FOR FOREIGN BORN............. BITS OF HUMOR FOR THE HOME CIRCLE.................................. 10-12 1 3 4 5-6 6 6 7 8 9 18 19 Subscriptions, twelve issues, TwoDollars yearly; single copies, twenty cents. Remit by United States Money Order, Express Money Order or Check. In Canada and other foreign countries, belonging to the Postal Union, fifty cents additional should be added. 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