pointrica, up until that when we had not entered the war, there was sort of no reason to necessarily take a side. at that point, germany is the enemy. prominent german-americans in washington, d.c., had a difficult time. s had a difficult time. we have recollections from thestian and amelia about department of justice man, mr. underwood, coming to the house and looking through every note and cranny of her house, is how she said it, and will he be they realize we've done nothing wrong. the department of justice suspected it might be enough for spying. newspapers at the time accused him of -- he had a dairy farm in maryland a reporter poked around. later that same time, the times published a story saying he had committed suicide. editor andith the they said he would retract the story. he said just keep me dead here it me out of the newspapers. this is one of the hardest times. has made his life in america. he chose to come here. he said that germany was his mother, but america was his bride. he is being challenged and accused of not supporting his country. the country had been talking