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Support in Dubuque

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Babel support in Conroy.

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Peters lets Harding know Westenberger is, indeed, trying.

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Support, noting Teddy Roosevelt's claim that "this is a nation - not a polyglot boarding house."

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Local doctor comments favorably on Babel in light of Harding's commencement speech to Cornell and his words on teaching German at university.

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Preacher notes touching story of older monolingual German who would rather die than have no service in German, as he could not understand the English.

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Daugs has detailed questions about the actual enforcement of Babel as well as the consequences for defiance.

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Diehlmann to Harding

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Scandinavians and Babel.

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General support for Babel, but noting impact on Danish Americans, who, on account of the "past history" between Denmark and Germany, should be excused from proclamation clearly directed at Germans.

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