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4-2267 FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY WORK PROJECTS .ADMIEISTRATION For release to morning newspapers Monday, September 1, 1941. EDUC.A.TORS ~'li'ill GOVERNMENT OFFICLU,S CONFER THIS t1EEK OH LAlliTGHIHG CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION PROGRl\14 A detailed pro1?,1.·am for the education of p ossibly a million a liens in the privileg es and obli gations of .A.'terican c i t izens~:i:p ttlll be worked out d.uring a two day co:n.ference of e ducators and. government officials to ·oe h eld in Washingto;i this week una.er the aus_? ices of National Citizenship Education Program, recently a?proved as a W.PA p roject, sup:9 lemon-l;ed by funds from t h e Department of Justice. Dean William Fletcher Russell, of Teachers • Colle ge , Col1:u;1bi a Uni vorsi ty, Director of the program, i.1ri.s invi tod Sta to cornnis s ionors of educati9n, regional and state ad.r.linistrators of W.PA and district directors of the Immigration and Na turalization Service to att ond t h o mooting. Moro than 130 per.~ons have accep t e d . The op ening session and a tea tc no_orc d by Mr s . Roos evelt ttl ll be hold at the W11.i to House Wednesda y aft ernoon. This will be f ol J.ouod by a dii:i,nor given by Doan Russell at the Cosmos Club a t 7 o 1 clock i.,i1d by a gen01.·al meeting at the Department of Justice at 9: 30 o'clock Thm·sda~r morning . The National Citizenship Education Program is an out 6ro wt h of the alien re gistration conducted last year by the Immigration and Naturalization Service of t h e Dep artment of Justice in wh i ch it w~s revealed that there are a 1;i;roximately 5 , 000,000 aliens living in t h e United States and its p ossessions . Set up as a 'if.PA ::;iroject vdth t h e Department of Justice as official sponsor, the program w~.11 ende avo~ to make c itizenship ins truction available to all aliens de siring to become naturalized. Offici a ls esti mat e t hat as r.:iany as 1, 000 , 000 2.lien s probably '.·rill seek t h is assistance d.-n·ing the n ext twelve months . Tl1e progTa...11 will utilize the nation-wide orga i1ization a lrea dy set up by the WPA in t l:e conduct of its Adult Educa tion Pro gr a.rn. T:iJ.ere will be,however , consi derable expansion in the number of t h ese cla s s es and in the teacher :personnel assi gned to ci tizenshii) work. A sp eci a l preservice training program for teachers to acquaint them with the l c~tes t techni4ues in citizensh i p education is now being work ed out by Deon Russell. The teachers are to be dra\om from rolls of the WPA Adult Edu.cation Pro gra'Il. The National Ci tizenshiJ) Educa tion Program is orga..'lized with a National Advisory Com1rlttee of five members to assist the Director in the for:rrrula tion of broad, national policies . State . directors are now being named in each of the States and they, in turn, will be . assisted by State advisory cow.mittees . State commissioners of education, viPA administrators and directors of Immigration and Natu.:ralization will serve Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-2267 - 2 - on the ?,dvisory conuni ttee in each State, and the conference in Washington is designed to familiarize these officials with the objectives of the progr-am. "We are anxious to maintain a maximum of State and l ocal autonomy in the operation of the National Ci tizonshi:p Ed1.1.c r1tion P:..·ogrG.r;1, 11 Doan Russell said. 11 We v,rant responsible officials and ci tizcns in each State, who understand the peculiarities of thGir o,,m alien situations, to have the fullest say in just how the pr ogram is to operate locally. Tho function of tho Washington staff and the National Advisory Com:ni ttoc is simply to lay down bro'.:l.d, general· policies a.'ld to make av;,,ilablo tho t)OSt techniques and teaching materials ~11 Tho conference is to be attend.ad by high rw..king offici.:',ls of both tho Just ice Dopc.rtmont and the WPA. :Ed.1::.cators from out of to':m who heve ~i 61?,ified their intention of attending are as follo~m : A. H~ Collins , State Supcrintenc.ent of Eclucation , MontgomcrJ'-, .Alabnma; E. D. Rir:.g, Stn~c · Superintoi-~dcnt of ?ablic Instruction, Phoenix, .Arizona; Walter F. Dexter , State S,1.:porL1tendent of Public Instrnction, Sncrrunonto, California; :Virs. Irene T. Hoinmnn, Assistant State SuiJorinto11clcnt of Public Instruct ion, Los Angelos~ C2.liforni a ; I nez J ~ Lewis, Stato Superintendent of Public Instruction , Denver , Colorado ; Alon zo G. Grace, Commissioner of Education, Hartford, -Co!lnect icut ; H. v. Holloway, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dover • Deleware ; Colin English, Sta te Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tallnh.assee , Florida; M. D. Collins , Sta te Superintendent of Schools , Atlanta, Georgia; c. E. Roberts , St a te Sup~r intendent of Public Ins tructi on~ :Boise , Idaho; John A. Wieland, State Super intendent of Public Instruction, Sprirgfield., Illinois; Cl ement T. Malan , State Superintendent of Pu.blic Instruction, Ind.ia.na:9olis , Indiana; J esse M. Parker, State Superintende:'.lt of Public I nstruction, Des Moines , · Io,1a; George L• .McClenn~· , Stat~ Su:porin-l::.011dcnt of Public Instruction, Topeka, Kansas; John w . :Brooker, State Su:porintenclcnt of Public I nstruction, Frankfort , · Kentucky; H0 s . Robert s on , State Dope,:i:-tment of Education, :Baton Rouge , Louisiana; Harry v. Gi l son, State Commissi<;mor of :Jd.ucation, Augusta., J:.7ainc; T. G,,, Pull:m , Jr ., Assistant s :Ga t c Superintendent, De:partmont of Education, 3 a ltimoro , Maryl&7.d; Walter F. Downey, · ColI'.missi oner of Education, Boston, Ho.ssachus otts; Eugone :B. Elliott , Sto,te· Director of Public L.;.structiO!-: , Lai1Si11g, Michigan; J. s. Vandi vor, State Su:perinter.dent of :rx_u ce.tion , J ackson, Mississip1)i; Lioyd w. I:ing, State Superinte:i.clent of Public Schools, Jefferson City, Missouri ; Elizabeth Irela.:1d, St ate Su:c1crintend.ont of Public Instruction, Helena• Montana; Charles w. Taylo:..· , St a te Sup erintenC:.ent of Public Instnwtion, LL1coln , Ne-oraska; W:1-1ter 11!' Hay, Deputy Commissioner of :Educat ion~ Concord , new Hampshire ; Charle s H. Elliot~ , · . Commis sioner of Education, Trenton, New Jersey; Mrs . · Grace J ., Cor::dgan, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Santa Fe , New Hoxico; L. ~ Wilson, Commissioner of Stat e Department of Education, .Albany, New York ; James Marshall, President of the '.Boa.rd of Education, and Harold G. Cam,_:bell, Super intendent of Schools , new York City; J. E. Hille1·, St e,to Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-2267 - 3 - Departmen~ of Public Instruction, Raleigh• North Carolina; .A. E. Thompson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, :Bismarck, North Dakota; Kenneth c. Ray~ Director of Education, Columbus, Ohio; A. L. Crable, State S\lperintendent of Public Instruction, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Rex Putnam, -State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Salem, Oregon; Francis E. Haas, State Superi~tendent of Public Instruction, Harrisburg, · Pennsylvania; James~~ Rockett, Director of Education, Providence, Rhode Island; James H. Hope, State Superintendent of Educ~tion, Columbia, South Carolina; J 0 F. Hines, State.Superintendent of Public Instruction, Pierre, South Dakota; E. o. Duggan, Commissioner of Education, Nashville, Tennessee; L.A. Woods , State Superintendent of Public Instruction, .Austin, Texas; Charles H. Skidmore, State Su~erintendent of Public Instruction, Salt Lake City, Utah; ciarence H~ Sp~in, State :Board of Education, Richmond, Virginia; Mrs. Pearl .A. Wanamal:er, Superintendent of Public Inst:ructiou, · Olympia1 Washington; w. W. Trent , -State Superintendent of Free Schools, Charleston, West Virginia; and c. t. Greiber, Superintendent of State :Board of Vocational and Adult Education, Madison, Wisconsin. Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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