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About The united American : a magazine of good citizenchip. (Portland, Or.) 1923-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1927)
January 1927 Page Three THE UNITED AMERICAN ,ii>iniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiitmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitil|liiiiiiiiiii|l||||l|i|l|l||||iJIII|||l|lll||llllll||||l||lll||||lll|||ll|l|l||fim^ | Is It a “War Baby?” | f | I | | | | | | | | I | I | | f 1 I | f I | f ? | 'T HE Joint Ways and Means 1 Committee of the Senate and the House of Representa- tives of the Oregon Legislature may be good citizens, but when they struck the Americanization item from the list of worthwhile activities meriting state support, and incidentally attempted to put a label of ridicule on Americani- zation, they, knowingly or un- knowingly, made an open bid for the patronage of the foreign groups that are strenuously op- posed to Americanization. Inci- dentally they wrote a line or two into the records of this state, denoting apathy and indifference to the current needs of teaching untrained adults, especially immi- grants, the essential elements in American government before they obtain citizenship and be- come deciding factors for good or evil in our sacred institutions. “Americanization? It’s a war baby—the war is over?” We recognize the term as a pet phrase of the foreign group agitators in America, but when Americanlegislators have become so impressionable to un-American propaganda that they adopt the creed of the unassimilable for eigners and shout it out from un der the dome of the State Capitol, then it is time to sound a warn ing of alarm, for our civic vision has become impaired, and we are steering through fog with the safety siren out of commission. The citizens of Oregon, men and women, who immediately rallied to the cause of Americani zation and demanded that the Ways and Means Committee re- cind its thoughtless action, ren dered a real patriotic service to state and nation. This formidable representation in support of the Americaniza tion cause made the Committee reconsider its action and go on record recommending the small state appropriation of eight thou sand dollars for Americanization and adult elementary education. The supervision of the work will in the future be the business of the State Department of Public Education, provided the legisla ture acts favorably upon the re commendation, and, provided further, that the measure meets the governor’s approval. AMERICAN 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, of Ashland State Normal School. Publishers: The Northman Publishing Company (Inc.) Officers: H. J. Langoe, President; B. G. Skulason, Sec-Treasurer Offices and Publishing House Labbe Building, 22r’1^ Washington Street, Portland, Oregon Phone Broadway 6600 Vol. 5 Volume 22 Jan., 1927 Number 4 CONTENTS EDITORIAL SUBJECTS— An Unjust Indictment of the Immigrant; Unjustifiable Con tentions of Defense; As Long as We Play the Game Straight; For Nothing is Law That is Not Reason; Why Men Need Religion Today; The Keynote in Christian - Citizenship; Calling His Bluff; The Continued Practice of Slavery; Revitalizing the Soil with Commercial Plant Food; In the Interest of Good Health, etc. ......... IN THE SHADOW OF THE FLAG THERE IS NO ROOM FOR FALSE PATRIOTISM .......................................................... By H. J. Langoe IS IT A “WAR BABY?” .................... THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATH TO AN ACCEPTABLE AMERICANISM .......... ;......... PARTING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES BY LAW................................ By H. J. Langoe THE MAN WHO NEVER HAD A CHANCE ................... i........... THE MAKING OF AMERICAN CITIZENS .................................... By A. C. Strange, Ashland State Normal “CHARACTER FACTORIES” ................................. By J. L. S. in “The Pacific Woodman” BITS OF HUMOR ............................... THE MELTING POT—ILLUSION OR REALITY............................ By A. L. Glaser A QUESTION AND ANSWER PAGE FOR FOREIGN BORN 10-14 1 3 4 5-6 7 8 9 15-16 17 18 Subscriptions, twelve issues, Two Dollars yearly; single copies, twenty cents. Remit by United States Mone y Order, Express Money Order or Check. In Canada and other foreign countries, belonging to the Postal Union, fifty cents additional should be added. Back numbers, not over three months old, twenty-five cents; more than three months, One Dollar each. Instructions for change of address should be sent two weeks in ad vance of mailing. Always give old address, as well as the new, and al ways write plainly. 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