January 1927
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THE UNITED AMERICAN
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'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 ..........
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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”
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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
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