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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.

Mrs. E. L. Kenney replying to H. J. Metcalf assuring him that she went through the entire library and they do not have one

Letter from H. J. Metcalf to Mr. Anderson stating that he has no opposition to a Danish school being opened in Scranton, Iowa. He also states,

Letter from R. H. Williams to H. J. Metcalf regarding a letter he received from H. J. Metcalf. It states:

A letter from H. J. Metcalf to Dr. H. L. Avery asking him to investigate the school in Sanborn, Iowa where

Letter from J. J. Billingsly to H. J. Metcalf giving a list of names of the presidents of the school in Primghar, Iowa in case H. J. Metcalf didn

In this letter, there is a call for the superintendent of a school system to abolish the teaching of any new classes which teach German.

This letter was a reply to an earlier demand to remove all possible pro-German propaganda from public libraries. It defended the loyalty of the library itself, and asserted that the current librarian had burned most of the pro-German books the…

In this letter, the librarian in Ottumwa describes having removed a book which had been requested, and also states the removal of several pamphlets. It also asserts that neither were in circulation.