Fairbanks sends McMaster $6 subscription fees for the Freeman's Journal for Miss Sarah McLaughlin and Fred Kostanzer. The interest of Fairbanks has been re-awakened by an article in the last issue of the Catholic World entitled, "The German Element in the U. S.", but he does not want his name connected if anything is published about it. Because the hierarchy in this state Wisconsin is predominately German and rules them so thoroughly, the impression abroad is that the bulwark of Catholicity there, is German, but this is false. This article claims that there are 146,000 German Catholics there but it is mistaken. This figure is computed on the basis of the annual number of Baptisms each German priest of the U. S. has- about 52- and then, 17 1/3 Catholics are allowed for each Baptism. This rule may hold for those parts where German priests have entirely German parishes but in this Archdiocese there are at least 10 German priests in the Missions who have purely Irish of English speaking parishes. Besides this, a larger number are employed in the theological Seminary than the usual proportion elsewhere. If you base population figures on the rule of those priests actually employed in German Missions where the majority of the congregation are really Germans, then we have only 114,000 German Catholics in the state. Even then, this is a large number, since Fairbanks has classified as German Missions, many churches with such names as St. Patrick's and St. Bridget's and many which have outlying districts of Irish, with such settlements as those named Erin, for example. The archbishop gives the Catholic population as about 294,000 which is about correct and 294,000 minus 114,0000 equals 180,000, Poles, French and Bohemians amount to no more than 50,000 and there is only once French speaking church in the Archdiocese. In his computation, Fairbanks has only taken 10 German priests in the dioceses of La Crosse and Green Bay as being on English or other than German Missions. In La Crosse diocese the large majority of lay men speak English and there are 25 German speaking to 15 English speaking-priests. Green Bay diocese is larger than La Crosse but has few Irish priests, therefore Fairbanks' estimates are moderate and equalized on both sides. The only conclusion is that those who speak English here far outnumber the German speaking element. We have one German Archbishop and 2 German Bishops in Wisconsin and they are determined to keep the rule in German hands. English priests of the state will all label that as a fact. Ohio has a larger number of German priests, a larger German population and has not one German Bishop, while we have three in Wisconsin. The majority in our state are English speaking and nationality should never make any difference in selecting a Bishop, but when one nationality intends to monopolize the Bishopric, then the church will never prosper in Wisconsin. Fairbanks has no personal motive since his Archbishop has always treated him well and has given him one of the most desirable missions in the state. Further, the archbishop always upholds refusals to absolve those sending their children to a state school when a Catholic school is near. His professor for several studies was the Bishop of La Crosse, Michael Heiss whom he greatly admires. The reason for his complaint is the intention which the German hierarchy is supposed to have of keeping the rule always in German hands, despite the lack of the majority number in population. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 7pp. 12mo.