It is notand I want to make this very cleara program to destroy the childs mother tongue. to rob him of his precious heritage. It is to help him share in the language common to most Americans. while at the same time enabling and encouraging him to retain with pride the language of his birthright. There are millions of children who need the opportunity this program offersSpanishspeaking Americans. children of immigrants. children of American Indians. All told. there are more than 3 million nonEnglishspeaking school age children in the United States. There are another 1 million such children under 6 years of age.
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