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Newspaper
Green Bay Commerce
Location
Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1917
Page
19
A public message condemns attacks on Dutch Germans while urging unity against the Kaiser system. It portrays World War I as a battle between democracies and autocratic rule, urging Americans to support a fair square deal and oppose xenophobic behavior.
The War Department bought 18 500 acres near Anniston Alabama for field artillery and machine run ranges. Another 16 000 acres were acquired near Monterey California for the same military use.
It argues the outcome depends on total national effort, not just battlefield action. Every citizen’s duty at home, in directing labor and guiding policy, shares in the war’s result, and all honest work is public service.
The piece argues against government policy barring Americans of German or Austrian birth from Red Cross units for base hospitals in England and France. It cites Col. Roosevelt’s call for equal Americanism, warns of “baiting” the German-Dutchman, and urges stopping discrimination before harmful consequences arise.
Secretary Redfield urges a five cent tax on all bundles delivered by stores and markets to fund a five billion dollar war budget requested by Secretary McAdoo. The war effort has already sent nearly a million American horses and over 250000 mules to Europe.
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