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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP

reach wherever possible all non-English
speaking people and educate them in citizen-
ship and to an appreciation of Ameri-
can ideals.
" The Committee on Enlarged Program
believes that it is not only the right, but the
obligation of the Hbrarians of this country to
further develop this field in an attempt to
secm-e the confidence of the millions of
strangers within our gates, by providing the
foreign-born with proper books, and by the
generous use of foreign language publica-
tions. If the books necessary to inspire the
American spirit and to make for a better citi-
zenship do not already exist, the American
Library Association, through its organiza-
tion, should encourage the translation and
publication of the proper books in the more
important languages."
When it is remembered that there are in the
United States 16,000,000 foreign-born,
about 6,000,000 of whom neither read nor
write the English language, it is seen
how large is the opportunity for service
among them.
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