TABLE 82.-Present political condition of foreign-born male employees who have been in the United States 5 years or over and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming, by race.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States.]

Of 829 foreign-born male employees who have been in the United States five years or over, and who were 21 years of age or over at the time of coming, 33.1 per cent are fully naturalized and 20.5 per cent have first papers only. German employees exhibit over 80 per cent and English and Irish employees show over 50 per cent who are fully naturalized. French Canadian, Russian Hebrew, and North Italian employees follow in the order mentioned, but in very much lower percentages, while Lithuanian, South Italian, and Slovak employees show considerably under 20 per cent of males who are fully naturalized. Russian Hebrew, North Italian, and Irish employees show the highest proportion having first papers only and German and French Canadian the lowest.

The disposition to acquire citizenship after designated periods of residence in this country is set forth in the table next presented which shows, by years in the United States and race, the present political condition of foreign-born male employees who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming to the United States.

TABLE 83.-Present political condition of foreign-born male employees who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming to the United States, by years in the United States and race.

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[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States. This table includes only races with 100 or more males reporting. The total, however, is for all foreign-born.]

Of 829 foreign-born male employees who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming to the United States, and who have been in this country five years or over, 33.1 per cent are citizens and 20.5 per cent have declared their intention of becoming naturalized. Of 403 employees who have been in the United States from five to nine years only 7.2 per cent are fully naturalized and 26.8 per cent have first papers only. Of the 426 employees shown in the table who have been in this country ten years or over, 57.5 per cent are citizens and 14.6 per cent have first papers. In the group of employees who have been in the United States from five to nine years, the South Italians show a somewhat smaller percentage fully naturalized and having first papers only, than is exhibited in the totals for all foreign-born employees. South Italians also show a smaller percentage fully naturalized in the group including employees with a residence of ten years or over, and also in the group of employees who have been in the United States five years or over than is shown in the totals for all employees. South Italian employees, however, report a higher percentage having first papers only in the group including persons with a residence of ten years or over than is shown for all employees.

The table next presented shows, by race of individual, the present political condition of foreign-born males, in the households studied, who had been in the United States five years or over, and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming to this country.

TABLE 84.-Present political condition of foreign-born males who have been in the United States 5 years or over and who were 21 years of age or over at time of coming, by race of individual.

(STUDY OF HOUSEHOLDS.)

[By years in the United States is meant years since first arrival in the United States.]

Of the 299 foreign-born males for whom information was obtained in this industry, only 26.4 per cent are fully naturalized and an additional 14 per cent have secured first papers only. Of all races, for which proportions are shown in the above table, it will be noted that the Armenians, with 63.6 per cent, have a considerably larger proportion fully naturalized than have the French Canadians or Hebrews and a very much larger proportion than have the Greeks, South Italians, or Lithuanians. None of the Poles, it will be noted, have acquired full citizenship. Among those who have manifested a desire to become citizens by taking out first papers, the proportion of Hebrews is considerably in excess of the proportion of South Italians, Poles, Armenians, and Greeks, and very largely in excess of the proportion of French Canadians and Lithuanians.

ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH.

The table following shows, by sex and general nativity and race of individual, the percentage of persons in the households studied, 6 years of age or over, who could speak English.

TABLE 85.-Per cent of persons 6 years of age or over who speak English, by sex and general nativity and race of individual.

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[This table includes only non-English-speaking races with 40 or more persons reporting. The totals, however, are for all non-English-speaking races.]

A total of 2,193 persons reported complete data in the foregoing table and of the number 1,244 are males and 949 are females. Of the males 79.5 per cent can speak English and of the females 65 per cent. Of the total 73.2 per cent can speak English. The native-born of foreign father when compared with the foreign-born show both for the males and females the largest proportion of persons who speak English. Among the foreign-born males 100 per cent of the Syrians speak English. The proportion for the French Canadians is 96.2 per cent and for the Hebrews 91 per cent. The Armenians and South Italians each show a proportion of between 80 and 90 per cent of the foreignborn male who speak English. The Polish males, of whom only 51.7 per cent speak English, show the smallest proportion. Except in the case of the North Italians, each race reports a smaller proportion of English-speaking females than of males. Of the North Italian females 77.8 per cent speak English. The French Canadians show 83.7 per cent who speak English and the Syrians 78.3 per cent. The Lithuanian females, of whom only 20 per cent speak English, show the smallest proportion.

The following table shows, by sex and race, the percentage of foreign-born employees of non-English-speaking races who speak English:

TABLE 86.-Per cent of foreign-born employees who speak English, by sex and race.

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[This table includes only non-English-speaking races with 80 or more persons reporting. The total, however, is for all non-English-speaking races.]

Of the 4,294 persons included in the preceding table, 3,730 are males and 564 are females. Of the total number, 75.1 per cent speak English, as compared with 74.6 per cent of the males, and 78.5 per cent of the females. Of the males of each of the several races the proportion who speak English ranges from 98 per cent of the French Canadians to 52.9 per cent of the Slovaks, while of the females the proportions range from 100 per cent of the Bohemian and Moravian and Swedes each to 20 per cent of the Lithuanians.

As regards the ability to speak English by locality, the following table shows the percentage of foreign-born employees who speak English, according to sex and race:

TABLE 87.-Per cent of foreign-born employees who speak English, by locality, by sex, and by race.

(STUDY OF EMPLOYEES.)

[This table includes only non-English-speaking races with 80 or more persons reporting in each locality. The total, however, is for all non-English-speaking races.]