The mobill-.53~4 zation demonstrated also that an appalling number of our young men are not in proper physical condition. It is unlikely that any economic or social pressure will tend to remedy these evils. The illiterate citizen can make a living of a sort more or less satisfactory to himself. and the foreign born can associate with others of his origin. and both classes can avoid that social criticism which would urge them toward complete citizenship. In fact." economic and social pressure tends actually to segregate In our country the Illiterate element and the various groups of foreign born. and unless some strenuous effort is made to weld all these groups into one there Is no likelihood of change in these unfortunate conditions. The program of education in the AmericanExpeditionary Forces has demonstrated. on the other hand. that even brief courses of study. followed Intensively tinder military discipline. are adequate to correct illiteracy and to teach our language. The whole experience of our Army demonstrates further that if brought together in a common purpose the various elements of our population can be speedily made into one nation.
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Foreign born people avoid social criticism and segregate themselves.