From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, January 5, 1915: At a joint meeting of delegates representing the German-American Alliance and the Allied Irish-American Societies held last night, steps were taken to arrange a public meeting in Indianapolis to protest against the exportation of war materials from the United States to the belligerent European nations. All the societies represented have already forwarded resolutions to Washington, DC endorsing the Hitchcock bill now before Congress which calls for the prevention of the shipment of armaments and ammunition “to be used against any country with which the United States in at peace.” Speakers of nationwide repute will address the meeting which will call for the support of the strictest neutrality. Joseph Keller, state president of the Alliance of German Societies of Indiana is secretary of the committee.