Show AMERICA FIRST the department of the interior nor through its bureau of edu cation batio has issued a lithographed lithographer litho graphed poster 30 by 30 00 inches in size which is being sent to the var various post offices public schools and industrial establishments of the countr country j urging immigrants to educate themselves for american citizenship in the foreground of the poster uncle sam is represented as grasping the hand of an immigrant workingman while in the background is seen a residence a public school and a naturalization judge handing citizens papers to an immigrant under the boldfaced bold faced title Al america marica first are urgent invitations to attend night school learn leam english and become citizens these invitations with brief sentences setting forth the advantages of such action are given in in english and in six immigrant languages viz italian polish yiddish lithuanian bohemian he mian and hungarian investigation has shown that there akrep this thin country foreign born whites 10 years and over who are unable to read or even speak english more than one half of these immigrants in are unable to read or write in any language As the posters will be hun hung g in conspicuous places it is to be hoped that by means of this pictorial and written invitation im immigrants will have their atten tion called to the night schools of their communities and that where there is an any y considerable number of immigrants and no night schools the poster may in inspire the authorities in these communities to establish such schools this is is a part of a more more comprehensive plan for preparing immigrants for american life and citizenship |