Global Alphabet: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Seventy-ninth Congress, First Session, on Making English a World Language. November 7, 1945 ... |
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156 Fifth Avenue 33 letters A. S. MIKE MONRONEY abolishing illiteracy America Board of Foreign CHAIRMAN Chiang Kai-shek Chinese Committee on World Congress cooperation correctly pronounce currently printed DEAR ELMER THOMAS enable English a world English language English words established EXHIBIT Extension of Remarks Federal Reserve Federal Reserve Act Foreign Missions Frank Frank Laubach friends global alphabet global letters glossary Governor of Oklahoma human illiterate international phonetic alphabet Japanese languages and dialects Laubach learn to read Lepsius linguists Literacy and Christian MEADE means Miss Missionary Society Moros Oklahoma peace phonetic letters phrase book Portuguese present President pronunciation radio read and write read English ROBERT L Roman letters Russian Russian alphabet Senator GREEN Senator Owen Silent Billion Speak sound Soviet Spanish stenographic Street taught teach understanding United Nations United States Senate vowels Washington whole world World Language Foundation World Literacy written York
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