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Response to letter writer regarding difficulty of enforcing Babel.

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Proclamation announcing rescindment of Babel in light of peace.

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Governor Harding issues resolution proclaiming English the sole acceptable language for use in public in Iowa. Public, namely, meaning also church and educational services.

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Familiar letter noting Germans brazenly defying Babel.

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Full-throated support, as it is "hard to make [Germans] behave."

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Support for Babel. Foreign languages should be "studied only for their cultural values or as accomplishments."

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Fries writes to the U.S. Public Service Reserve of the Department of Labor to request information (e.g. wages) about enrolling in the shipbuilding industry. Additionally, Fries describes how he was in the draft, but rejected for service because he…

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Support for Babel from citizen

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The father of a soldier writes Harding, noting that Germans in town "congregate" and speak German in "their sneering way."

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Lewis notes Braun's disappointment in Harding--he didn't vote for him this year--and worries about low-wage immigrant labor coming from Germany

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