April 1926
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THE UNITED AMERICAN
American Labor
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'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..................................
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