Show EDUCATE THE ALIEN federal naturalization bureaus plan meets approval more than cities and towns join nationwide nation wide educational movement for elimination of the hyphen washington Washing tom throughout the country the plan of tile tho bureau of naturalization of tho the united states department of labor to enlist the ilia co opera tion ot of public schools in the education and americanization candidates ot of tor for citizenship Is receiving the most gratifying support approximately cities and towns have already joined in this nationwide nation wide educational movement for the elimination 0 at the hyphen and this number la Is increasing dally daily the magnitude 0 at this work and its development since its Incept inception lon are shown in part dart by the territory covered the number of candidates tor for citizenship reached and tho the night and day schools which have been fished for their instruction it Is the intention of the bureau of naturalization to communicate with all ap i for citizen citizenship ship in the tha united states wherever they are to be found and to secure the opening of classes for them during the current scholastic year nil all superintendents of schools where classes may bo formed will receive monthly from tho the bureau tho the name address age nationality and other necessary information concerning each alien residing within their jurisdictions who men flies a declaration of intention or petition for naturalization in this manner the school authorities are enabled to get in touch with such applicants and afford thorn them valuable assistance in preparing for citizenship in addition to this tho the bureau informs each applicant tor for citizenship that his name has boon been forwarded to the educational authorities advises him to go to school and points out the benefits to be derived from such buch attendance the bureau la Is also working in close operation cooperation co with various patriotic and civic bodies of the country to secure the opening of public night schools where there are none the wives of all petitioners Petition ers for nat are also advised to attend tor for the reason that they derive citizenship when their husbands obtain their final anal pears and because too such instruction will materially aid the family to live as americans americana live it has boon been found that approximately two out of at every three petitioners petition ers for naturalization aro are married and it Is toward the improvement of the home life and conditions condl tlona that this phase of the movement to Is especially directed tho the records of the bureau of natu realization show that since the commencement men cement of the school year on october I 1 notifications have been sent to approximately declarants arants petitioners petition ers and wives of 0 peti tio ners and each day hundreds are added to the list the present volume of naturalization shows that over half a million militon foreign born residents annually bring themselves wit within the jurisdiction of the bureau of at naturalization and it to Is the tha plan of the bureau through the operation cooperation co of the public schools with its ita educational movement to change thit that portion of the alien body now in a condition of helpless dependence or more self maintenance to the state of productive capacity which Is the birthright of all american citizens regard less of their origin n of at birth |