Show URGES RETENTION OF GERMAN NAMES MES Bernard Ridder Condemns Those Who Renounce Old Traditions By Special News Service NEW YORK TOnK Dec cO ZO Commenting ODthe on OD the fact that many American citizens of German descent are to change their names nam's and referring particularly to the case of William m b who wanted hl hIs name chan changed ed to William WilHam Blake but whose application was refused BerJU Bernard IL JL I Ridder said uld yesterday In the Staats- Staats Very few Germans comIng to this country care to change their names They are not ashamed of their race It has hasa a history centuries tong long of which any man may well be proud V When hen they change their allegiance to the United States they prefer and prefer and It Is a a. perfectly proper and laudable preference to to add to their service service ice to their adopted country the Inspiring memories of what their ancestors achieved In that which they have left The honor roll of the Cassini upon which half the names are German names would not be the Inspiration to the whole German German Ger Ger- man clement cement In the thc American citizenry that It Is 15 If f it had begun with Blake I Ger-I and ended with Blake with nothing but flakes Blakes k In n between A good d fifth of the themen themen Yei tg thA It men who went down n nw w with the Antilles were of German extraction and were not ashamed of their names I When any American wishes to change his German name in order to conceal his origin It might be Just as well if he were allowed to do so He Ire is no ornament nt either t to his adopted country or to the I country from which fc he came |