• Tags: Babel Defiance

Potential mob violence against local German, which the author doesn't disagree with in principle, but moreover "believe[s] in letting the Law take its course."

Notes that some have taken down signs put up on businesses recently added that state the need to speak th e English language.

Forceful letter against Babel Proclamation, especially section in which letter writer says "if you force me to use the English language

Howell informs on a number of "the dirty creatures all talking in their own language" and her accompanying desire to "slap his face."

Reverend Drake of the Presbyterian Church west of Holland is still preaching German and intransigent about stopping.

German hasn't stopped, especially in places like "Soft Drink Parlor[s]." Can we penalize this?

Informing on Mrs. Alfred Doethmann, who "will insist on talking German over the telephone."
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