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Jakob Naumann confirmation certificate.
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Writing his Senator, Rand suggests putting German prisoners of war to work in the Yakima Valley. NOTE: "I think a large percent of these Germans will never go back to Germany, but will settle right there in the Valley." Not a trace of concern over…
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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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Man of the people notes that many long-time German residents still cannot speak English.
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A widowed mother in Germany writes her son and daughter-in-law explaining why she cannot bring herself to emigrate, even though they have sent money for her passage. She includes information on perceptions of immigrant life in America, as well as the…
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Pastor notes his measured support for Babel and the consequences of Babel on his congregation.
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Pastor, naturalized in 1898, asks for permission to preach more German, now that war has ended.
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Rand extrapolates on original plan, basically anticipating the program as it looks in WWII
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Harding responds to Lewis, saying nothing to rumor of German labor migration. Lewis can "depend that those in authority in this country will never permit the cheap labor idea to create havoc in our industrial conditions."
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