New Britain herald., 1922-03-27
NOEXC|TEMENTAT
 POLITICAL MEETING
German-Americans Make No Criticisms Of War Time Officials


 meeting of the German-Amercan Political club held last evening in the Turner hall on Arch street, did not materialize
 There was nothing said by any of the members which would reflect in any way on the Amercansm of any city official during the war and al- though there was a gathering of ex- servicemen on hand, the majority of whom are descendants of German people, there was no demonstration against the meeting
 Police Present
 In the hall were Police Chief Will liam J. Rawlings, Sergeant William c. Hart, Policeman Thomas J. Feeney, Patrick O'Mara and William r. Mo- Cue in plain clothes and Sergeant John J. King in uniform. About 300 persons were present including a few women. and many present were not members of the organization.
 Endorses Mayor Curtis
 The members present voted reso- lution endorsing Mayor O. F. Curtis for mayor against his opponent ex- Mayor George A. Quigley. In the speeches of the members, some of whom spoke in German, there was no criticism of any officials of the city for their actions against any class of people during the war
 Feingold Speaks
 Joseph Feingold, an ex-marine, and enc of Mr., Quigley's staunchest SUD- porters, was the only ex-serviceman who spoke before the meeting. His remarks were received with much in- terrlption because he said that there should be no use of the hyphen and that the members could not be Ger man and at iile same time American citizens.
 He strongly defended the conduct of MT. Quigley during the war, say ing that he was working under the orders of the United States govern ment
 Conducted in German.
 At the opening of the meeting Health Commissioner William F. Lange, who presided, said that the greater part of the meeting would be conducted in the German language because the greater part of the mem bers felt that they could express themselves better than in English. He said that he himself considered the meeting as American and said that its purpose was to go on record in the contest between MT. Curtis and Mir. Quigley.
 Given Three Minutes.
 When Feingold expressed the wish fN ho hoa rI hn fo minutes and when he protested, the matter was put to a vote and he was forced to confine himself to three minutes.
 Serviccmen's Statement.
 According to some of the ex-serv- icemen who attended the meeting, there was nothing said in criticism of any city official for the performance of his duty during the war, nor was there anything said against American ism. That, according to them, was the reason why such a furore was created when the meeting was an- nounced. The pamphlet issued, in their opinion, cast aspersions on the conduct of MT. Quigley as a city off cial in the administration of his duty as an American, and they say that no man should be criticized for be- ing an American. There was no in- tention, according to them, of inter- rupting any endorsement of a can didate on political lines only, but they were present to protest any action against man because he did his duty by the country during the war According to one of the men who was present, the attitude of the ex-scrv- icemen towards the pamphlet issued | can be summed up in these words:
 "The war is over and should be for gotten as far as the United States is aand if some people don't think that it is and wish to down a man because he was an American during the war, then it is up to the to carry on the work that they did while in France. This dues- ton is not a political one, but 1t is question of whether a public official should be turned down because he was strict in the performance of his duty during the war"