Show Americans First at t Packard Plant Plait Sp Special cial to The Telegram DETROIT Feb For 12 12 For For- Forthe the first three da days s 's of this week an increase of 60 per ler cent in application for first papers toward varl American citizenship as lS compared with normal business ISI is reported by the local authorities The The I announcement to of the Packard Motor Car company by I Vice President and General Manager Alvan Macauley that promotion in th j Packard Institution will w be given only I to American citizens zens or or- orto to to- those who have signified their Intention of be becoming becoming be be- coming citizens was posted Monday The opinion given at the theoffice office of the county clerk is that the increase is directly due to the Americans first policy at the Packard shops and the tha th feeling in sympathy with the announcement announcement announcement an an- In other industrial concerns con cons cerns terns of the city Not one resignation has resulted resulted- at atthe atthe I the Packard factory J. J H- H Weller Veller suI supervisor supervisor su su- su- su I of labor has announced d al although although al al- i though It is estimated that 20 per cent centI of the workers are not yet American n I citizens |