I hope they will. but I will say to the Senator from Oklahoma that I (1o not believe they will. The steel anl iron manufacturers of this country employ over 5S per cent of foreignborn helpers. the slaughtering and mneatpacking trades. 61 per cent. the bituminous coalmining industry. 62 per cent. the silk and dye trades. 34 per cent. the glassmaking enterprises. 38 per cent. the woolen mills. 62 per cent. the cotton factories. 69 per cent. the clothing business. 72 per cent. the boot and shoe manufacturers. 27 per cent. the leather tanners. 57 per cent. the furniture factories. 59 per cent. the glove manufacturers. 33 per cent. the cigar and tobacco trades. 33 per cent. the oil refiners. 67 per cent. and the sugar refiners. 85 per cent. Of the foreignborn wage earners in this country who have been here five years or more. who were of adult age on arrival. only 31 per cent are naturalized. They have no knowledge of tie history or the ideals of this Republic. and they can not get that knowledge. National unity. it seems to me. is dependent upon some language which all of our people can speak and in .which they call think.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that foreign-born wage earners lack knowledge of American history and ideals.