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Harding Responds to Burzlaff

Harding responds: I'll do something soon to keep up the Babel spirit "during post-bellum times."

Tags: 1919; Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Postwar; W. L. Harding; World War I

Harding Responds to Mumaw

Harding passes on Mumaw's info to secret service.

Tags: 1918; Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; Draft; German Language; W. L. Harding; World War I

Harding Response to Waters

Harding doesn't do much to deter Waters to violence and doubles down on "spirit" of Babel.

Tags: 1919; Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; W. L. Harding; World War I

Harding to Armestien

Forceful telegram from Harding to Armestien, saying "comply."

Tags: 1918; Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Defiance; Babel Enforcement; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; W. L. Harding; World War I

Harding's Circular

Harding's Circular regarding Babel.

Tags: 1918; Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; W. L. Harding; World War I

Harmes

Harmes on language

Tags: 1918; Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; World War I

Harmes Talking-to

German pastor in to see Nelson.

Tags: 1918; Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; World War I

Hate Hitler

An article from the Des Moines Register that shows that the newspaper tried to get political statements from the refugees.

Hathaway on Proclamation

Hathaway writes on Babel

Tags: Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; World War I

Hawkeye Wedding

"Hawkeye Wedding" song for the marriage of refugee Ruth Salzmann and Sam Becker, to the tune of a well-known German children's song, "The Bird-Wedding."