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Harding on Language Issue

Harding on language to Oldsen.

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

Oldsen responds to Harding

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

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

Is Babel rescinded?

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

Members of Benevolent Society call on Harding to rescind Babel.

Tags: 1919; Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Defiance; Babel Enforcement; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Postwar; World War I

Harding's response to Eastland.

Tags: 1919; Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; Disloyalty; German Language; Governor's Office; Newspapers; World War I

Eastland passes on articles from local German-language press.

Tags: 1919; Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; German-Language Newspapers; Newspapers; World War I

Clinton Journal editor and publisher writes Harding.

Tags: 1919; Anti-German Sentiment; Babel Proclamation; Business; Council of Defense; German Language; German-Language Newspapers; Newspapers; World War I

Fritschel notes proximate case, that of old pastor in St. Sebold. You surely don't want to inconvenience him now, do you?

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

Dutch religious leaders applaud Babel for regulating foreign languages in public and schools. But dear God not in church.

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