Tle. public schools had furnishedithe.Bureau.of Naturalizatibn wlith: the lateriid for the preparaton of: a toxtbook fbr thepurpose. of developing astandard .conrseincitizensilp lnstTuctibn. The Commissioner of:- Edlucatin and tle memlers. of. his bureau attended thatconventibn. Why did lie not" cooperate- withthe system that was then in.vogue and isnow In. vogueinstead of trying ti)sldetrack it: anlgo to another proposition and confuse the" existing systeim?* They fully dlscussed witl: the publicschool officials and officlis. of* the Bureau of Naturalization thetextbookmatter submittdby tle publlschools totheBureau ofNaturalizatibn Tlils textbook. therefore. has beencompleted and is awaiting its publication to be. distributed to the candidates for citizenship. * Mi. President. 438:000 foreigners applied for first citizenship papers last year. The Br. iu of Nilturalization lias worked: out a system. based upon the law. which gives it charge of all: matters relating to the naturalization of aliens. Under this authority it has united tle. courts. and the public schools with the bureau for the purpose of making it possible for candidates !for naturalization to preparethemselives for the responsibilities of American citizenship. The.Bureau of Naturalization received tile names. last year of approximately a million- and- a quarter foreigners. It hasendeavored to induce these fbreigners to attend the citizenship classes. which the bureau has prevailed upon the public schools in nearly 1.800.cities andsmall commu. nities to provide for them. All of this work has.- been carried on for four years witlout any additional appropriation for that purpose. yet.
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