Chairman of Iowa Council of National Defense, Lafayette Young, writes to the Librarian, moreover librarians across the state of Iowa, requesting books from pro-German sources be removed from the public supply and reported back to the council.
Informing on neighbor, who says disloyal things about America. She "told me in my husband's presence that she was born a German and would die a German and that if she lived in this country next hundred years no one could ever make her say that she is…
Noting Charles City large pro-German contingent, as well as the fact that many are "moneyed men," which enables and protects them. Also including story of German man beating his wife for wanting to "be an American."