The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-01
FOR SERVICES RENDERED

UST HOW much the German vote \ influenced the last election is more or less of disputed point put how much the Germans themselves think they influenced it is shown con- cIusively :n excerpts from a letter published the other day in the New York World.
 The letter has been widely dlstr1- 'buted among German-Americans call ing on them to attend a German 1 American National Conference to be held at the Lincoln club, Chicago, on the 9th, 10th, and 11th of January
 One of the significant purposes of the convention is frankly stated in the letter as being to name com mittee which would influence our new President so that the German Amer jeans be represented in the Cabinet by at least one of their kind" The letter further states: ''At pres ganizapesiYyerabiy afpesiYerabiy influenced by our or to insist that the promises
 were given to us by the party now in power should be fulfilled"
 The service for which this reward is claimed is explained by George Syl-
 vester Viereck who is quoted as say
 ing: we crystaized German-Ameri- can sentiment and we were respons,- ble for 6.oo0,oo0 German-American
 votes which, I believe, were cast solid ly for MT. Harding"
 | What were the promises which
 were given to us by the party now in
 power? were they specific or sim ply implied? It would be interest ing to know. Evidently MT. viereck
 and his very much pro-German as- sociates are somewhat uncertain about the matter else they would not
 go to so much trouble to make sure
 of receiving their reward for helping
 to defeat the League of Nations. II In spite of his obligations it is
 hardly to be supposed that Senator Haro1ng will see his way clear to ap
 point any man to the Cabinet who is
 frankly the representative of a hy- phenate group of citizens who are proud of the fact that their first in-
 terest lays across the water
 It will be very ominous and un- fortunate day for this country when
 any racial group, as such, be it made
 up of Germans or any other nation
 aity, is accorded official recognition
 in the government. Class distinctions of all kinds be they industrial, racial or religious, have no place in govern ment, and least of all when they Sc clearly intend to influence the acts ? of an administration for their own
 ends
 , That in case of not being granted their demands by the party now in power the Germans do not intend , to drop their activities is shown b, the very slightly yelled threat In ar article to appear in the Januar, . mum Der of The American Monthly. 0, which MT. Viereck Is the ed.to, Failure to recognize the German ele ment,' it says, would compel the
 Americans of German descent to or
 gan.ze their political activities strict , ly along racial lines, either alone o7 , in conjunction with other non-Amer. ? lean elements, in order to obtain b,
 political strategy their just share II
 the government"
 It is interesting to note who MT , Viereck and his German organization
 look to as their logical friends and f associates in an attempt to secur. . hyphenate administration of the
 government "The day might come.
 the article quoted above goes on ts
 say, when the American elemen D would find itself in a helpless min
 ority faced by a determined conbtna
 sion of Irish. Germans, and Scandt navians"
 i, While there is small prospects tha /, the German organizations will ac complish thesr purpose such effort should not be taken too lightly. Ther,
 is a very real menace to America,
 ideals and institutions in such com
 otnadons of foreign elements and a,
 Americans should be alert to fore
 stall every attempt to draw e1as
 lines.