World survey by the Interchurch World Movement of North America : revised preliminary statement and budget .. . heir power of initiative haslargely atrophied. All sorts of religious isms have sprung up; Holy Rollers and similarsects flourish. Thousands of people scattered throughout thecountry in small settlements are getting rawmaterials into the market or turning them intomanufactured products. A large percentageof these people are foreigners, unfamiliar withAmerican ideals and standards, crowdedtogether in small shacks, ignorant, poor andwithout an understanding of our language,our customs
World survey by the Interchurch World Movement of North America : revised preliminary statement and budget .. . heir power of initiative haslargely atrophied. All sorts of religious isms have sprung up; Holy Rollers and similarsects flourish. Thousands of people scattered throughout thecountry in small settlements are getting rawmaterials into the market or turning them intomanufactured products. A large percentageof these people are foreigners, unfamiliar withAmerican ideals and standards, crowdedtogether in small shacks, ignorant, poor andwithout an understanding of our language,our customs and our laws. THE men and women on the farms stand for what is fundamentallybest and most needed in our American life. To supply the citywith fresh blood, clean bodies and clear brains that can endure theterrific strain of modem life, we need the development of men in theopen country, who will be in the future, as in the past, the stay andstrength of the nation in time of war, and its guiding and controllingspirit in time of peace.—Roosevelt. 62 Town and Country: HOME MISSIONS SOME RURAL INDUSTRIAL AREAS. PERCENTAGE OF FOREIGN-BORN FARMERS
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