New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
reort Will Be Made to Oh
,.;n 5000, 600 Men, Wom-
.r and Children Members
Forster Heads Move
EXAMINATIONS Will Cooperate
With Other Citizens in
Americanization Work

announcement was made last night
). the nation wide formation by lead
,,c cGerman-Americans for National
p.t-;otic Council of Americans Of Ger
.,, Origin According to state
~s,. issued for .he founders by Will
;,n Forster, president of the Lieder-
s-.nz. the purpose Of this council is to
.-ranise the 100000 men. women
IVA children of German blood in this
country to help win the war.
The organization will consist of a
,..onal council with headquarters in
Nav York and state councils in every
state where German-Americans are
,smerous. These state councils, which
sa Governor of the respective states
xu be invited to join, will have sub
,Msry committees IN every town and
ras0e which will in turn work
trough the German-American clubs,
,oieties and lodges. The local coun-
eils. in order to obtain the closest CO.
.sration with government agencies,
rll invite the local chairmen of the
State Council TO-. National Defence, the
War Industries Board, the Exemption
Board and the Red Cross and Liberty
loan committees TO serve on the execu-
tive committee Of the local branch of
the patriotic council.
~rhe last thing we want" declare
The founders, ''is 70 play lone game
as German-Americans. One of the
most important objects of the council
Is to form shoulder-to shoulder COM
nittees. consisting of an equal number
Of prominent Americans of German
blood and of prominent Americans of
other racial origin TO get together in
support of Secretary Lanes Americana
cation work. Our objec. is to urge
Americans of German descent to work
for the great cause, not as group
spart but shoulder to shoulder with
their fellow citizens of other racial
strain 1t is our deepest desire to ban
the hyphen once for ALL"
The council has the Endorsement of
the Administration, through Secreta ry
Lane. 1t has the further Endorsement
Of Senator Lodge, Senator Lewis, Sem
stor King, Representative julius Kahn,
ranking member of the Military Affairs
Committee in the House; Simon Bam-
berger, Governor of Utah; William
Loeb, jr, formerly secretary to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and others. Mr. Kahn,
Mir. Loeb and Governor Bamberger are
members OF the council.
In nc sense is this an organization
y Of propaganda, but an organization of
efort." said Mr.. Forster. "a number
OF US so-called German-Americans who
consider ourselves Americans and moth
ing but Americans haYe for six or
eight months been working on plans
Tor the formation of a straight Ameri-
can organization among Americans of
German blood. 1t has seemed to us
clear that if German-Americans expect
ed TO be regarded as straight Americans
'ney must themselves in some public
way make theis positions absolutely
unmistakable.
The National Council will give them
On opportunity to do this, not only
through mass meetings but through
Nstematlc work for Americanism and
IN american victory over Germany. We
want America to win this war as we
never wanted anything else in this
world before. And we cannot think of
any nobler work Of German Americans
70 90 than to help win it. Some of US
saow the German government even
pester than other Americans know it,
aAd we want this war to go on until
mat government is utterly discredited
n tne eyes OF the German people and
"ertnrown. If there are any German
americans who feel otherwise we in
Mha to lind it out and talk to them
IKE Dutch uncle. II there are any
VINO are actually disloyal we intend
,urn them over to the Department
Of Justice.
We do not want to say too much
sp,u' this movement at first, as the
s;aiy thing Of real Importance anyway
What we Go rather than what we
sss We hope on this basis of doing
amer tnan saying to set an example
ss;eh ssieh Will be known to every one and
s.. ssa,sh Will serve to show ways of ef-
. lions.
rfomnent Men Charter Members
~ among the charter members of the
nnsuonal n.a Council are the following:
Vsso M Z; Butz, Chicago; William Forster
president of the Liederkranz), New
.ss's; hugo H. Ritterbusch (president
.he Arion Society, New York;
msafy y. lander president of the Ger
so.a s"a Ciub(. Chicago; Professor Theo.
Ss S.s uraebner (Concordia Theological
ilssla;issaryl, st. Louis; Hans Riee
Ta,ei, T,asa, foreign language division
gasury Department., Washington
D'Vnahn h mann Hagedorn (author of "Whers
~ rou Stand? An Appeal to Americans
Wmueerman CriginD, Fairfield, Conn;
Rmam R,mhm Loeb, jr., New York; Simon
tl,,'ss0erger, Governor of Utah; John c
tss " president of the German -Ameri
jas fatrotic Association of Iowa)
S,.s hnauf president of the United
sf OF America Loyalist Association
a1f'h Dakota); Christian Sihler
Ios,siaand; Professor Otto Manthey.
TrsIh amherst College,; Judge jacob
gosl' tFederal Circuit Court Little
4 Gen. Ark,; A. l.. X. Volkmann, Boston
Eaa r. G. Winkler, Milwaukee; c
4 Lov;s.h Omaha; Leo ,Rassieur, st
fena. Frank Hummler, Scranton
9lorS Louis Hamper, Detroit; Loui!
Tn' davenport, Iowa.
Il ell IL yrr.rpoAaty chairman or the cOun
d sorI lillian Forster, whose patriot,
hi,,aaass IS president of the Liederkran;
Ion nsssiy - responsible for the recent &C
isnr,s,a. tae club in banning the German
passsh;rxge from its meetings and il
asdIasss ruie which calls for the im
,ay m expulsion from the club o
Rent" "smoer heard expressing senti
slIies asrogatory of America or he
hems.. Mr. Forster is lawyer ant
he v of the firm OF. Forster, Hota
for. Menke. He has been active a,
lesSsManute Man. The temporar,