James Hunter wrote to H.J. Metcalf concerning the numerous talks he has given on the importance of signing up with the Reserve and the difficulty reaching

R.C. Cutting failed to attach the article he wanted to ask H.J. Metcalf about but wrote to him asking to clear up the discrepancies concerning the seed companies that Mr. Wells had published in order to respond

T.A. Potter wrote H.J Metcalf asking what type of response and how much response he had received concerning banning the teaching of German in schools, specifically from the School Board of Mason City. To this Metcalf replied that he had received no…

L.L. Wanew wrote to H.J. Metcalf offering his services through his organization Sherman Service that is

These two letters contain a conversation addressing the possible need to translate German newspapers. While L. Schubbert claimed there was nothing worth translating and the German-Americans seemed to be loyal, H.J. Metcalf still insisted on having…

H.J Metcalf wrote a thank you letter in response to C.H. Studebaker

C.W. Robinson discusses the investigation of Superintendent Lohr of Davis City and says the report of disloyalty is unfounded. Metcalf responds saying the use of government time is wasted investigating false reports.

C.W. Robinson describes interviewing known associates of Superintendent Lohr of Davis City public schools after receiving a report that he was a traitor and finding no evidence of disloyalty.

Miller wrote to Metcalf asking if he would be considered an accessory for not informing on his neighbor that he believed to have pro-German sympathies.

This letter is from the Bell, the Chairman of the County Board of Defense, to Herbert J. Metcalf, dated November 24, 1917. The letter accuses disloyalty in German Lutheran Churches in Ida Grove, Iowa. While he acknowledges that he spoke with a…