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Show German-Americans Brand Part of Press asPro-British San Francisco, Aug. 3. Tho protection pro-tection of personal liberties, the Indorsement In-dorsement of national and stale employment em-ployment bureaUB, 'a rural credits system, and aid by German Amort-cans Amort-cans for Germans In Canada who havo suffered In a business way thru tho wnr and condemnation of alleged alleg-ed pro-British tendencies on tho part of somo of tho American press, with suggest'ons for Hb rectification, ocj cupicd tho attention today nf tho German American alliance in Us eighth biennial convention hero. Thcro wns no reference to tho subject sub-ject of nation wide prohibition beyond the adoption of a resolution condemning condemn-ing tho enactment of numerous laws affecting personal liberty in practically, practic-ally, every state of tho union, which officers of tho convention said was Intended to bo broad enough to embrace em-brace that question along with oih-ers. oih-ers. However, a resolution moro specifically expressing opposition to nation wldo proh bltlon will bo boforj tho convention tomorrow, according to somo of tho officers. After pronouncing personal liberty ns n fundamental doctrlno of German American ideals, tho resolution alleges al-leges a condition ns In somo states, whero ono law virtually counteracts, overlaps or nullifies another." Icdlscrlmlnato nnd unnecessary log-Islat'on log-Islat'on Is condemned and tho resolution resolu-tion continues: "In order to successfully combat such legislation Is condemned, and the resolution continues; i T "In order to 'successfully combat such legislation It wilt be Incumbent upon every stnto organization to moke full report In every cnsi where ' laws relating to personal liberty ore" proposed or enacted to the iccrctary of tho national nU'anco so that body will bo In n position to actively cooperate, co-operate, to tho end that personal rights of tho Individual nnd his protection pro-tection from harmful and unreason I ablo legislation, may bo secured." ,1 A portion of tho American press 1 was branded as unfairly pro-Urltlsh, 1 guMed by a monolingual linos of I least reslstanco, In a resolution which 1 was adopted appealing to nowspapers A.SI. and news agencies generally to bo i,. fair nnd unbiased. A majority of tho delegates who spoke to tho resolution expressed tho belief that western nowspapers, nnd particularly those on tho Pacific coast, show tho least bias In handling wnr news. |
