Show to reduce to minimum illiteracy in U S A th the americanism commission at national aburt headquarters headquarter a of the american last lebica la in making a determined fight to reduce I 1 to 0 ft minimum illiteracy J la the united st S states t 8 tile the o abb has been battling this are menace mors in america ica through its if american america B education week held annually through h if list proclamation since it was wae loans orated in 1921 the united states has baa ia come came d up p train from the eleventh i in illiteracy among the enlightened nations to eo ninth As regards illiteracy I 1 in the united st states ne garland W powell director of ni the americanism coman commission dinon and ad a member of the national pull I 1 billit illiteracy corn coal mission of tile the united states eay vested revealed the following ba information rom tied figures Ff iners based a on actual tests team show how that one out net of 0 every sixteen bit a per persona over ten ran years year of age g in the ll 11 united ad vit states cannot read 0 or r w write 6 P per or cent cant ol of the population of our country over ten years of age have bad no schooling whatever and 4 per ODB 1 in the united states stated over met ten tell admit that they cannot write how hoor many did not admit it approximately one me out of every tour four men drafted and examined for gallit military ry service iu during the world war filant fi wa was illiterate lont we spend over seventeen times more mom for luxuries earles br in our nation than we it do a for suntan education in 1923 1 in cities of ii population 0 or more there then A nas A reported a shortage hortage of more mom than the seats at 1 in ties the schools canal the tha americanism commission in connection with its american america education week made it a point to enlighten the public to these portent port lous conditions in the hope that the e level of illiteracy in the united states state may be lowered through education in our one american Arre education week weak we set at aside aid a day known as illiteracy day at which time all interested Interest etl or garth B none and agencies r considered illiteracy problems and ad took constructive ur steps step to cal minimize romill that menace ID oils country |