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Chairman of Iowa Council of National Defense, Lafayette Young, writes to the Librarian, moreover librarians across the state of Iowa, requesting books from pro-German sources be removed from the public supply and reported back to the council.

H.J. Metcalf writes to F.S. Wright on two separate occasions over the matter of German preachers in Wright

A request from George Porter, Council of National Defense Washington, Chief of Section, to the several State Councils of Defense, to send 1000 posters to be used at the council

General Manager of Sherman Service, Industrial Conciliators, Business Department, G.G. Manmy, asks to assist H.J. Metcalf in serving the country by offering words of advice from his novel

J.L. Giesler wrote to H.J. Metcalf requesting that G.W. Fisher be appointed as a member of the County Council of Defense because he is the only

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

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