Letter addressed to Metcalf explaining how German Americans residing in Onawa have been more involved in the war movement. And how they have taken the American standpoint in regards to war.
A letter detailing the possible disloyalty of pastors in Lutheran Churches, asking for the authority to stop the speaking of German in church services.
The Iowa Council of National Defense decided that German should not be taught in any schools in Iowa. German songs and texts must not be read or sung in schools either. It is mentioned that when this letter was written, there still was not a singleā¦