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Council of St. Johns Lutheran Church to Harding

Report on meeting with Harding

In the letter the president of a German Savings bank writes to inform HJM that they were not aware of the German Coat of Arms on their bank notes. He states they have ordered new drafts without the symbol and concludes with a statement about a…

A St. Louis bank named,

On the legal status of Babel.

Local minister requests clarification regarding German and religious services.

Metcalf gives forceful, pre-Babel layout of his reasons for legislating away foreign languages. AND we see here the obvious focus on German: "

Metcalf responds, urging Davis to persist and press name changes, as "it has become quite the fashion to change German names to American names at this time."

Metcalf responds to Shambaugh, will be sending some secret servicemen.

Metcalf says 'thanks,' but no funds as of yet.