Show illiterate ARE HUGE LIABILITY our illiterates and none non E english sp fp fraking aking outnumber all the people that lire ite in nevada wyoming delaware Ariz arizone onu idaho mississippi vermont rhode I 1 hind iland north dakota oregon maine florida connecticut and washington combined there are eight millions of these people 6 they will outvote fie vie combined populations of greater new corp and chicago or any state in the union except new york these astounding facts the immediate consideration of the nation the war has demonstrated some of our dangers froin from the large niAm bere of our foreign boin who have not been ay iy assimilated simi or americanized it also ISO brought fourth thousands upon thousands of raen men native born americans for many generations who can not rad or ailt ri Lt these eight million Gl illion people must oe de educated at least sufficiently to read an american newspaper and to know what it means to be bo an american 1 1 I bis his is a national problem lerr the sit tl th eada leads in ili billiter tes the north leads in non english speaking akine I seventeen and one fourth per cent of the tile people of the tile cast south central states are illiterate but per er cent of the people in passaic Pas aa NL J cin not i lead ead or emte I 1 ite duglish sixteen ar pr the he people of the south At lintle states ate illiterate and so ale ate 13 2 per lent cent of the people of lareace Lar euce ard vall mats to meet problem senate senater hoke smith has introduced in the senate and honorable william B binkhead in tho the house the smith Biou liend americanization a bill sen ale ate bill home bill 1 chis his bill directs the buteau of education to operate cooperate co with the several states in the education of the above mentioned peoples and ic ir the preparation of teachers for the work the begin dt at once and end in 1921 A state to secure the money acts its chief school officer and shall not participate until it has required the instruction of illiterate and non english speaking minors more than 10 16 years of age in the english language for at least hours per year federal money shall be used for salaries or training teachers only and no federal money shall be used for buil buildings dirl is or equipment or for support of religious or private schools each state receives money in proportion to the number of her illiterates and persons unable to speak english as compared to the total number of such persons in tn united states rhe other provisions of the act concern details detallo of administration |