Mr. President. several days ago Vice President BusH represented all of us at a festive occasion in the German city of Krefeld on the Rhine River. The celebrations there commemorated the departure 300 years ago of the first group of German immigrants to come to America. Since those first 13 families came to Philadelphia and founded Germantown. Pa.. more than 7 million German immigrants followed them to our shores. Today. according to a 1979 Census Bureau report. over onefourth of our population claims at least partial German ancestry. The early German settlers of Pennsylvania were admired for their neat and prosperous farms and for their abilities as craftsmen.
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