THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

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THE BOARD OF
COMMERCE AND THE
JEWISH IMMIGRANT.

. A Few Facts Concer ing the
Work of the Detroi Board
of Commerce wit the
Jewish Immigr nt.

The year 1915 add d two big
words to the vocabula of the av-
erage man in Detr it—one was
the other
"Preparedness" an
'Hie Detroit
"Americanization."
Board of Commerce, elieves heart-
ily in Americanizat on, but it be-
lieves even more d cidedly that a

our evening schools about 500 of the
Jewish people. \Ve find._ them reg-
ular in attendance ail'apepupils in
every particular. 3,hey are anxious
to adjust themsylves to ;American
ways. \Ve find them in the front
ranks of the foreign element at-
tending our schools in their power
:'
correct-
to grasp English easily ,iind
ly. I cannot speak in t o high terms
of the work which is particular
class is doing with a."
The manufacture s of Detroit
have been asked the Board of
Commerce to mak it clear to their
men that it is easi r to get a job in
America if they k ow English. They
are asked to sh v distinct favorit-
ism to the men ho are making an
effort to learn .nglish when giver,
the opportunity Many firms have
promised that non-English speak-
ing men will b the last to be taken
on and the firs to be laid off. It is
pointed out th t 61 per cent of the
unemployed t at applied to the
Board of Cot imerce last winter
could not s wk English. If they
had knoWn t nglish, work could
have been fot id for many more of
them.
The foremen of the various in-
dustrial plantbre urged to tell their
men that the i public night schools

Jewish people who come into the
evening schools are absolutely ig-
norant of English.
/\
The Detroit Board of Education
employs Mr. Frederick DeGalan
to personally visit every man who
files his application for first citizen-
ship papers. Ile telly the man that
a knowledge of El glish is abso-
lutely essential if he ever, hopes to
secure his final papers. He points
out that it will be necessary for the
man to pass an examination and
that the surest w4 to make certain
of passing this test is for him to
enroll in the evqing schools. Mr.

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EDWIN H.1
H. DENBY
Presideilt of
The Board of Commerce

knowledge of English, imparted to
the immigrant population of the city
by means of the public evening
schools, will do more than anything
else to encourage and stimulate a
desire for citizenship s
It is hard to teach; English to a
foreigner who can read and write
in his own language, but it is a great
deal harder to teach F,Uglish to one
who is absolutely illiterate in his
own language. Very few of the

WALTR S. COLE
S'cretary
DeGalan has t old the writer that

the Jewish people are the brightest
and the easiest! to deal with of any
that he comes n contact with. lie
says that very few of them speak
no English, an that they are quite
ready to acceptithe chance to attend
the public evening schools.
In a recent letter, Mr. Frank
Cody, assistan( superintendent of
schools, said:
"This year we have enrolled in

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