NEWS LETTER Published by News Research Service, Inc., 727 W

NEWS LETTER Published by News Research Service, Inc., 727 W. Seventh Street, Los Angeles, California

Spate permits only highlighting of news. More detailed information is available to serious Students and Writers.

Figures In Text indicate Ref-I No.118. December 4,19401 immat erence Notes at end of Issue.

ALIBI FRONT OF AMERICA-NAZIS CRACKS Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. --Samuel Johnson

Subversivists of all persuasions, once uncovered, promptly seize upon the Stars and Stripes as their most effective camouflage. This abuse of the flag is resorted to not only by foreign-born Nazi propagandists but also by native- P-erican adherents of Hitler. Almost daily, new cases of both types are ex- 3ed, many of them reaching spectacular proportions. For the present, NEWS LETTER unfolds cases involving Dr. Friedrich E. Au- hagen 1 ), Dr. Edmond F. Kohl and George Sylvester Viereck 2), all German-born. Counterparts of native-born anti-Democratic agitators will be presented in an- early issue, when, among others, the activities of G. Allison Phelps will be analyzed. This is the man who daily, via radio station KMTR, Los Angeles, un- 'eashes a half-hour salvo calculated to arouse racial antagonisms. Using many if Doktor Goebbels' stock arguments, Phelps resorts to the same bag of tricks which underlings of the Reich Propaganda Ministry employ, especially "flag mouflagefl. To this end, Phelps incesTs G F. I! 'TER flEFFFICK. .santly repeats: "I preach Americanise. To deal first with the Nazi brand of anti-Democratic subversivists: NEWS LETTER, on January 4th, last, reproduced a rather chummy letter (il. luStration on page 2) written by Dr. ...9.C7V9 ^ Herbert Scholz 3), German Consul Gener- '.917 al at Boston, Mass. Addressed to "Dear Auhagen", it promised guidance for the- M,- 9,e editorial conduct of "Today's Challenge"

99.e 4), organ of the "American Fellowship Forum" 5), Offering in evidence a fac-

14 -9,,,S1.41 not 7 9 917 9 " simile of this letter, written on official Consulate stationery, NEWS LETTER- pointed out that it conclusively proved intimate cooperation between the German government and the publishers of "To- day's Challenge". Subsequently, Reich Consul Scholz indiscreet document was reprinted in many newspapers from coast to coast; it also appeared in Ler Aul- bau (Reconstruction), a German-language, PhCstnitle of Mr. G. S. Vteredk's let- strongly anti-Nazi periodical, published ter addressed to AIRS. Story on page 7. in New York City. Page 2. As a result, all these publications were veritably inundated by "Letters to the Editor". This avalanche of protest had been unloosed by officers of the "American Fellowship Forum", all of them zealously averring that this organization and "Today's Challenge" had no Nazi affiliations at all. The editor, and members of his advisory committee, seemed greatly incensed at being mentioned in the same breath with Goebbels et al. Studying these letters, certain resemblances as to approach of subject, and such logic of denial as they were supposed to contain, stand out strik- ingly. In every letter, the emphatic statement occurs that the writers, far from being Nazis, are good American patriots, and will have absolutely no truck whatever with those terrible Nazis....above all, not in such matters as their treatment of "non-Aryan" minorities. In this way, all "writers-in" try to sidestep the subject under discussion so as to make it appear as if anti-Semitism, and not Nazism, is the case in point. The Philo-Semitic Red Herring No sooner had Der Aufbau reproduced from NEWS LETTER Reich Consul Scholz' indiscreet note, than its editor, Dr. Manfred George, received, within 24 hours, first Auhagen's (facsimile on page 3) and then Kohl's protest (facsimile on pages 4 and 5). The latter, a physicit edirm Zmwntat Loom salic. 24. ;all 1939. fitert lives at 313 East 86th Street, New York City -- that is, right in the very heart 3236. of the Yorkville (Klein Deutschland)

EeTri :T. P. Auhagen neighborhood -- naturally enough drawing TJ1h;.3 Challen4e,Inc. most of his clientele from that region. 11 '.eat 42nd Street New Toth City. Auhagen, in his letter, written in English on the stationery of "Today's Lieber Auhucen! Challenge" -- then still a bi-monthly but HerzlicLen Danz fUr Ihr Sctr*lben won soon thereafter reduced to "The Forum Ob- &ma 18. Jul: 1939. Ion c..chte Ihnen wersinharn, server" 6) andsnow suspended mounts Ihre Zeitschrift "Today's Challenge' bier in Boston his high horse, stating: b.' :':eren ireunden durobaus Eindruck oerscht hat und diem weiteste 'ierbreitung gefunden hat und ....UPon mature consideration, I such noch finden wird. have deciided against writing:an an- Icl male nleht mregusen, Sie bei =eines swer for publication. I feel that. nehheien Auferthelt in New York Anzurqfer. isait in trying to refute those charges, wit uns Uher verschledene Problem unterhalten would act according to the old prov- nen. erb, "Qui :'excuse, s'accuse", My kit nochaals bests& Dank und freundlichen publication, "Today's Challenge", GrUesen Ihr really speaks for i tself. Anyone who would take the trouble of read-; ing the current issue of the maga- (Dr.idtrbert Scholz) zine must come to the conclusion DEUTSCH:3! KJ3SUG. that the-, allegations'. persistently spread about our publication by the

Reproduction from NRS #64 of facsimile of letter which Dr. hrbert'Seholzo German Consul at Boston, bass., sent to Auhagen,- then guiding spirit: of "Today's Challenge". Translation follows: Sincere thanks for your letter of July 18, 1939. I want to assure 'you that your periodical, "Today's Challenge", has greatly impressed our friends here in Boston. It found widest circulation and will continue. to do so. I shall not neglect to telephone you the next time I am in New York sothatwemususroblems._...ca. KLrio. (Underscoring by NRS) Thankin4Yed.OnCikrioirtal- greetings, Yours, (signed) Scholz Dr. Herbert Scholz, German Consul Page 3. News Research Service of TODAYS Los Angeles CHALLENGE are without any substance whatsoever. As far as the letter of Dr. Herbert IIII111,476111 TTTTTT Scholz is concerned, it carries all Amory 13. 1140 the earmarks of a polite note dictat- M. Wastrel George. ed without much thought to what im- Germas”Joirisk Club. lee.. lei bat plications an unfriendly reader might Sew Terk.air. T. draw. The very fact that the letter Door Sir, was written at all ought to be suffi- This Is to seattra our telephone seawereatioa et posterior cient proof against the fact that reording the artielo prises' to the 'Aufbau. odder the title. Crewel amides Aelob Promos& is V.S.A.' Is the worse of ens see- "Today's Challenge" is inspired by vereatioa. you were bled enough to otter to print ny weer to Si bargee able is the above.oentlease artist.. German authorities, above all by the Oyes mature ommaideratioa. I hare headed ageism% writing Consul in Boston. vele as 1111111•111, Is pabliestioa. I toll that is tale( to rolbte these shore's. I weld met seeerdieg,twtho old preuarb. %el s'eassee. After this, Auhagen reaches for his us- e.aboble. 10, publication: •Temisei madame, son117 gate fur its lt. ase.• vibe would take tie Waldo *treading the berme limos et ill magazine east Sow to the ovaslueloe that the .1 ual philo-Semitic eye-wash, and continues: tMam p.relmtrmtlTabout our As • ae all •• • .The main reason for my call- the earmarks eta p1111. este &ae without nosh ;height tombs! lepliostleas me eatrieedly,reader sight Grew. lin very feet that ing you yesterday was to satisfy my Lotter ism iiittes at all ought to be altfieleit poet spinet theSi test theOtelly's Challenge la imegrel by Germs authorities own curiosity as to what motives were above all by the Gessal la bobs.foreever. I Nit warier uhs■ Si sot, inbliesties, et this letter might mot orate ber behind the publication of the above- pepyle.s dads whether it had met bees stolen tram either*caw lases, er free Vie sails. is filee mentioned article. As I told you, and Tot-slosh et that. Ife vale reams foray ealliag yea as many people around New York do know, yesterdwwse ol y is wri.dy aS 'owlet motives gore Wiled the pablieitiee the aboremasktiemod artlele. As I tag I have at all times expressed myself you. wad as sem people erOlad Row Taft is Woe. I hese at all times against the persecution of the jewe in *pressed wed/ against thipersoeutiess et Ike ,Nos is Oftrobilr. Iheretire I vas met a little surprised to is s retinae. paper stead, Germany. Therefore, I was not ae. Ole beth.beessos et his holly bibegrowed as well es hie is a lit- dowild be • Mild rather %bra is any at ths oppressed Jewish wearily is Ours. I shall be glad to tarnish you with tle surprised to see a refugee paper maple widow of this list it you, veld ewe Ile veil es ettles. It aeons tome bat a group if rennet inalgreets is&sold laws be (Der Aufbau) attack me, who both be- very biretta et the my is obits they plot Their seal...- I should cause of his family backgrouhd as well as his own activity, should be a. friend rather than an enemy of the oppressed

PACE TWO TODAY'S CHALLENGE. INC II WEST 42.• ST, NIT YOLK, N. Jewish minority in Germany. I shall be glad to furnish you with ample evidence' 2 of this fact if you would care to' call Ulla the experleasse of your people is 0.remby eight asks this jest a little erre eastiews is reepoet to their settees on me in my office. as this side *tile, Atlantis. Who I first sew it. year artiele @Week ee as a Just to make sure that his eye-wash will rather ill-timed attempt Used asether member to the resift eati.geoiso elbeasat la, this eovatry. Tor friendly stetted* take effect, Auhagen reinforces it with an veer the telpher amd the reasons yes gave fur publieaties admixture of blatant threat, warning: persuaded we te regard the whole artier as merely is eliterlal error and perhaps pardonable earelesenene. Uses us deluge has bees der. I let the waste matter rest with this este. ....It seems to me that a graup of leabisc forward to sooting yes IS 4.17, I is recent immigrants should be very care- Siamerely 7wsre. ful of the way in which they pick their' enemies. I should think the experienc- es of your people in , Germany. migkt.firgke I. 1. Awbages. them just a little more cautious in re- spect to their actions on this side of the Bacsltile of Dr. F. E. Ahhag- Atlantic. When I first saw it, your article struck me as a rather ill- en's letter addressed to Dr. timed attempt to Manfred George, editor of "Der add another member to Aufbau". Story on the growing anti-Semitic movement in page 2. this country. The Voice is Jacob's, But....

The second letter, received by Der Aufbau, is written in German on the pri- vate stationery of Dr. Kohl. It is well seasoned with whimsies greatly remind- ful of what Viereck considers his "own inimitable touches". Accordingly, it opens: I introduce myself to you as the current president of the little group which publishes "Today's Challenge" and also as' a sub.- . Page 4. scriber to your weekly paper, the Aufbau, you most likely will consider this impossible or a bad joke. However, this is the case, and I actually have subscribed to your paper ever since its inception.

Parenthetically, it may be inserted here that Kohl subscribed to Aufbau for exactly the same reason that NRS continuously peruses all such subversiv.. ist publications as "Today's Challenge", "The Forum Observer", Deutsoher Weak- ruf and Beobachter ri), etc., etc. Kohl merely filled the position of what is known as an exchange editor", in other words, editorial watch-dog.

Assuming a tone of paternal indulgence, Dr. Kohl continues:

IDIALNDP KOHL Y D 1.4117 w STRII 1 ....The purpose of my letter is raw V011111 to ask you to be a littlemore care- oftmna • woo ful. If you are really interested br.Hearred 12.Zenuer 1940. in us, you should take time to clar- Aortae ify certain facts so thatliour pub- lawdei404,:itrert lication, which otherwise is most -ear oeohrter Herr Comte, interesting, does not stoop to smear-

gam lab slob Ibsen gogeoueber ale int:744 :11ot- ing in the typical Goebbels manner. IlOrm Yrelidepaga.der nelson useellrebett.die uhellende beriaaribt tn4 SielekselS1, ale elms boil Unfortunately, the adult, emigrating Ibror .gebeesSiglebrift **urban' salt Direr uoburt votrolle. so monies As dao yob IhragAapriff cut uneer,Hazdtmo . to this country, cannot drop all his aft ieb asebat la 33~ letzten dowel)* blaalltd.garwgisr fuer Wounerlleb eder fuer eima esbleentea ashen banes. European habits; nevertheless, he so lit ebwr se. Dor Angst seines -erelbeas Istejle zu bitten. should exert greater care. I take 'tugs gorelebtlnwr w nets ual.fells ..de slob wirtlink fuer uns iotereonlergo.rielleleht 6.1e4eabeit zu aohoga.zumeobst the liberty to speak like this be- sal reginscrniseOrga eatzutleersa.dealt Miro swot nel,teas grhrlikigrodwriguoilltakolebt.wledleasel.aii_alseasebt cause, in all probability, I have been 4ebbolggiage Aeltwiasartite1 bgasbootzt werdeoaa 1st leider eeolese.wena mearele 'fortirerragoosb is dims-Lead Imre. in contact with as many emigrants as as aloaele dem dereliseinieblerea Imarebor as eollte demo ioeb eages vorelebtirer sele.leh erleube air so zu spreshos you, and count among my good friends well lett Wiellelett sit'ebeu so vielea 4rdrianbea gulawrals-, ragman his ale gee -le end t1e1l.4obt swab *beano viols as many emigrants as you do. Vell lama VI seises. Alton immodest rout's* tigo.la dims l&releoeorgr ell. den e,rstliebea.tema era Ida Alibi miser ferias gebaopsdees lehAer *let zu Ant bregebo.de Eventually, Kohl inserts into his let- 47opetbloo la v'eloo pruadoeetellebea ter a gratuitous plug for the Lindbergha, lblaa mush omen keenoes.Dese lel ale Okrietti:=1:17111ow:se l Jiang Wore easel. gad r-ebt begun, dos juges , u• oat web is ihreaaiwises biewelles else soder. Dallung,' 11001 4 upbraiding Dr. George for what he terms seeeleme mitere.werese pie well zu esseetems wienoo.4ob deft. de - ur is +bre sear bedeotllebe bobead1wor .1*.. der 9giwwWww 4110ODeler emerikealsober Literates eight welbi:gbea the very dubious manner in which you uHlrektere.des 'Osier for ?wake gem Mae L.rtal -ludber4. uar aur elm 14110141 su robes, have treated one of the most beauti- Job oar s.Lt bo utseeteftssisrier des .4nerieee tellogob19 rgruaz,ois dor nrietraniwasul '.bobs ela%rer. ful documents of American literature, Aggile ditto lob del diadralkoggil lob 'elder Mile re st Pet tegnoidase-aam.den Cwariptelz 44/. slot.. aNnt:ims the "Prayer for Peace", by Ann Morrow Amore ourgeigest becte.Yells lel slob gibes osteousoht babe. ee wird Jalapa MI Was? gowlessa ogpa.die die nela tones Lindbergh. nalltez.die re lerfetsea.lp die der aster zerriseez garde" war. weranles and =liar sereklibt bebetalso solobs Lethode teas Then, Kohl refers to a rather surpris- our goe.Leuten'elawonsdaword000le is Maskers rulers* bleem..St wirtliebes -gaerlkeaor oder eelbet slaw, der slob fsdyjol beradat.la Helots dlosoe LIMAN as ing coincidence. He just weero• so ewe. subs too.Deeeee bin tab elebor.Helagrbeadola, rregode is Alm. k.1011 *Met petiett lea Allele Details QOM! aeltoebrift. happened to be in the office of the American Fellowship Forum when the FhcstMile of first page of Dr. letter from Consul Scholz arrived.... E. F. Kohl's letter to Dr. Man- Someone....must-have taken the scraps fred George, editor of "Der of paper from the waste basket and Aufbau". - Story on page E. pasted them together....

Shades of a Master Mind Now here again the fine Italian hand of George Sylvester Viereck becomes visible. Author of a confessional volume entitled "Spreading Germs of Hate" (illustration on page 6), describing his pro-Kaiser exploits during World War I, Viereck, in the course of practically a whole lifetime of propagandizing pan-Germanism, has invented certain tricks of his trade of which he is inor- dinately proud. One of them might be termed "waste-basket consciousness". On this subject, Viereck offers the advice that it is not sufficient to tear up incriminating letters, but that scraps of them must never be dropped into the same waste basket, 'Fragments should always be divided between at least two waste baskets not in too close proximity to each other or, better still, scattered while walking along the street or -- safest of all -- burned. Page 5. In the course of his letter, Kohl resorts to the usual device of confound- ing anti-Nazism with anti-Semitism. This association of ideas is a dead give- away, clearly revealing the trend of Kohl's mind. The so-called Jewish question was never referred to by so much as one word in the original NEWS LETTER story, nor in the Aufbau story, based on it. Nevertheless, Kohl reproaches Dro George, as follows:

....Of course, you sense anti-Semitism behind everything. I, too, consider this problem one of the most important for America. It is too bad that circles which are honestly trying to find a solution to the problem are not receiving any cooperation from the people from whom it could be most expected -- namely, Americans of Jewish faith. As long as have something to do with it, our periodical will never permit its pages to create, or to aggravate, racial differences. But if this is not enough to satisfy you, and if you should demand that everyone here -- especially if he comes from Central Europe -- must be an absolute hater and an °Anti", then, of course, I cannot go along, because then we would do exactly what the Bohles and their colleagues would like us to do, namely: Coordinate Germandom with National Socialism.

By throwing in Ernest Wilhelm Bohle Z' let wohl ueberlueaele.lhnen su sagem,dess lab bola 8) kind bin Gad =eau telmews lab time.= lab dort mItarhelte. -- who is in charge of the Nazi Ao Oo (For- 1. war .in berworrameader **rammer juediseher delis mane der allerdiees seta samIkersrtum aster =in audeatum 'Unto, eign Country Organization) -- Kohl dresses der rick mit =der= "err= =a ehrlatliehmaKrelsea data ermutiet hated§ mitsumeeen.Aber meeelleherweise laterlmlert up his letter With the alickest Red Herring der mime Yremakamplem =As= sir one eland =rusher uaterhaltea Imeamtemejaaa alektoo paean. Joh ale wad /hre imaginable. By this psychological twist, kitortelter bitmaiweaa jle kritlk ue it wolleaelleee 'debt darn jehlmesellea odd dureh sobleirige.emaa uabowlessme he apparently disavowa any connection with, werwurfe wersumehossorie ea eeweehnliek as keriser Plata in %=1M ueblieh war odor aach ict.Uisire scaliaaimma or approval of, Nazi propaganda meteor belest jede sashliahe Eritik willkaanostoir behest tactics as *literal= Baas, bowies= ale 'rte in unser., 'mpkett. employed in the United States° Terms lAre +terra Or lark=s eialudea.4= defter au-stollen However, u 4 dle rnerres so eft su -erte =men hese= ale vie sie feeling secure in the knowledge that he has as a= =mush= kematea.4r Mb= as nook Ter elate= .00hs= dlaart Ile 'lir dem liberal= Pref.froderiek Leichumma vas pulled a "fast one", 41Maas welled* Gel -holt rubolopiaea fuer um= rublibms he skids badly when he berverreemed mil boa Vortme an beltesider allee seders finishes this particular paragraph with the elm doutmetfreundlleh w,r. Jill 'sitters aet:erlIsh usb.rsll wieder Aatlecetisosse implied threat that if Dr. George, much tab halts hob alm.. Problem Suer else der .lehtle et al -- otos Suer ..air Ider sealtea dlejealmeaKreiseolle supposedly including News Research Servicel wirklieb shrllek as der Ionia= des Peebles= erbeiteadsetkelao 4steretuettive =a deajkalemaaves tem= ea ee erneistem do not mend their ways, =wart= aellteamm-llek vat des Cserikaaers jue'isehem Germandom Aria i.leubessevielleieht Wien jle die letste immeer de, *fame National eoleosaiolte den sehr hezelehaeadem sestets flatiron astlIgelk: Socialism (in the UnitedMIT-ii)-- Im 4 p a' ee.mise.behea .1. =was kesitives,adt den ale u d Taid:aCtualli7gTome coordinated. Ihre 1-iterbeltergidselmadersetses solltea.well to else berousferde nap bieeuteteler As in dor *mahatma 'lilt ear su oft Wimp= wuerdea soear =mere bleette, demjenigem sir werfaieure atellesoler wirklieb =POUT sad wahrhaftig au dlerer Ike= Stella= subsea wuerde.bisher NEWS LETTER "Under Fire" bet sick loider aid ramalaet4Sla word's aher else benbart fladeo:uneere heiteehrift wird slob alemalm.solsatle lob 'twee dahel su see= babeolasu hergebasaMasseasegiftesetse On February 5th, continuing his counter- at prier's oder ear su yoreabeerfea.Woma des eh= mesh aleht minus/ ma soh= u-d jle ear Teresa* selltemadmee Astir attack against AufbaU and NEWS LETTER, Kohl isieribesolqars wean of aitteleurspeelmeher eb_iMa=mae sholluter mesa= and Mate Dela massoliaa lob alebt altamahm,dess dealt wird= zily saran. des Imam wrote a letter to NRS, this time in Ehgli6h, wag dreehea die mehlealuse eaciaimi mama ebbs hem aralitia. in which he closely followed the same tac- icy bin leap. rasp rid:Nast ratlirl:sedeaslek,t GeaehleSto uod =leen Charakter reasoned studiertos;re Slav. tics to which he resorted when he addressed su wissepelese des our die Ulmer Uaelan lot u'd sehlieeellek wie ela meemerese wirkea wird.Lesea Ste lilt= naiads Dr. George. He starts by again stressing Aureate it der letstem beam= vas Tedgee Oballonsedereli, am ea erfahresoma lob seise. the fact that the Aufbau is a publication Awes bib* lob sunmehr Bohr =se" ale lob ureerua**- 11ek beehelettlite.ober lob verse as elm* Verkessesime stab= which he has received ever since its incep- leasmaeloh wow= oboe dais jle di... hell= vertreillek tion. Then the usual philo-Semitic boboadelsole as air Waist lieetarmehtleim Sesplaaadassetaundis red amodersolena noodilokolered. klasumaloasidass herring follows, phrased in these words: at gala Omeloalloat via van else aewleze :fuse 1:::!Eilee amok WO sibe.410 Oaseladss ivied swede keenalmill•Matow alai air la sahliseellea la Ma Terelalatea Staatalivea.epealaa. ....Many of its (Aufbau) readers are aandt will lob abet eehliessea. close plends of mine. I am happy to A. empfiehlt itch Ikea say that I have been able to help many Ihr Aerobes= of them in Met?' di.stre8s• Again Kohl assumes a patronizing atti- Facsimile of second page of Dr. tude which, at the same time, constitutes E. F. Kohl's letter to L. Man- an implied threat, and writes: fred George, editor of "Der Aufbau". Story on page Z {

Page 60 My answer to your "exposure" went to Mr. I Manfred George, the editor of the weekly. I SPREADING felt I should warn my friends not to fall in- to a trap. They had enough experience in GERMS OF HATE Europe with Goebbels, Hi=ler and the Gestapo. I also want them to learn that the United 410R411 SYLVESTER VIERS= States is different and wants to remain dif- WITH • P•RIEWORD RV ferent. We regard it as un-American (1) to COLONEL EDWARD M. Noun imitate, on our (1) soil, Gestapo or OGPU methods; to pilfer the mail of fellow countrymen (1), to slander them, telling half truths about them, before checking very care- fully on all underlying facts. It is my sincere wish that my friends and their fellow sufferers purge themselves of the poison they AttAIXXX NORACE LIVIRI4HY had to swallow in small or large quantities in NNW YORK Europe during the last seven years. In many • instances, it had a devastating effect and • leaves us with the impression that Goebbels left an indelible mark on our Jewish refu- Reproduction of title gees. After all, hate is only love in re- page of G. S. Viereok's verse. We here do not have to wear masks. confessional "Spreading Our Americanism is sincere and deeply root- Germs of Hate". It is ed. we belt-eve that it is our dutw to con- in this book that Viereck tribute only constructive work in behalf of rather proudly relates our country. (Emphasis by NRS) It is the his propagandistic ex privilege of any man or woman, who wants to ploits during the Kai-' learn something about our groups and their serfs War, before and personals (sicl) to receive full information after the United States about every phase and development, entered the conflict Story on page 4, Assuming that their counter-attack had completely squelched their first objective, i.e., the Aufbau, and that their barrage could now be directed at NEWS LETTER, Dr. Kohl's sortie was presently supported by another letter received by NRS. It came from none other than Herr Doktor Herbert Scholz. Following the if..0 I+ r+T all too familiar camouflage pattern, the Reich Consul's statement under (3) over-stresses his democratic ort, entation to such an extent as to be- come improbable, when he says: think I have the liberty and right to say this to any .American citizen who communicates with me regardless whether he is a publisher, my deUtist or my banker. "Problems" exist, as far as I can conceive, in many lines of human life.

"This", in Dr. Scholz' letters refers to his promise in his letter to Auhagen that he will not neglect to telephone you the next time that I am in New York, ReprodUction of letter to Dr. P. E. Au- so that we may discuss various hagen, advising him of arrival of check 'problems. from Germanys I

Page 7. The Man Who "Cannot See" Indeed, the Herr Konsul, according to his letter cannot see why the expression "so that we may discuss various problems" can furnish proof that Dr. Auhagen is actually guided by the advice of Reich-officials. Under Point (2), Dr. Scholz indulges in a definite misstatement by pro- testing that again ....I cannot see why the opening "Dear Auhagenl" should testify to the closest cooperation between Auhagen and myself. In fact, if I address somebody like this in German, it is rather formal, otherwise I would call him Freddy, Fred or Fritz. (His first name is Friedrich, as far as I know.)

Dr. Scholz, born and bred in Ger- ...... prig 1930 EDWIMIDFKOHLA4 many and completely imbued with the 30 MST St. -sin lister :utha,en, VM TONAL or Lett-r: ,ear -uhamen, spirit of the Fatherland, cannot help AMU'. • ••■• ter: more contacts: knowing that the formal way to ad- ..pelts, dress Auhagen would have be 1133 -ast '3rd -t, Sehr attorney for the uerman Society geehrter Herr Doktor Auhagen (Very h.r.and esteemed Dr. Auhagen). If a German 18 •,-net 48th Men iork -,ity kresent at meeting,perhape wesiberilt, government official in a letter on ship slip hat been submitted.jbw:former'y o=va von ,•ordeck,he sierican who is very much official stationery, addresses some- inte:ested in our ,-ork. Lest night rave you ev.,tvL,hium yat wanned,even Medicinal hope one as Dear Auhagen", it may abso- vou feel cetter,but pleane:relar one day en ry week: lineerinm th • question of nmwC:ers . cane to thn conclusion that lutely be taken for granted that he +.1itepkam.'s advice was letter than mine:tate a elite man to sneak smninst the toycott.You may ever to'-, one f on t,e is on intimate terms with that parti- .prran crowd or hoard of Trade,becatse rhould be one of t'e "other rid8",:Sverything diplieds the on the noderator.er.W.iss could he one of the pone` speaker who may speak five full minntes. cular person. To make a statement to Other.,1se I lust feel like 7ockinm at our comnitteade should now the contrary is as incorrect as it is approach a few men,key men,of prominence and ask Omr point blank Whey they would join us in responsible capacity. fallacious of Dr. Scholz. Surely, if begin with iselawho is willing to do it as be told me.as has plenty friends. Auhagen was a stranger to him and he :41707: Tell bin to dive money and was merely conforMing to ,IonWyet May re on me and also on deseeler,if I a well known and polite custom to an not mistaken. thank a publisher who sends you “Ith ny beet wishes. a -.incerely Yours copy of a new magazine, regardless *4 /(14 whether it is a.' political or other publication, Phcsimile of letter by Edmond F. Kohl, he certainly would not have blatant- addressed to Dr. F. E. Auhagen. (04- ly overstepped the boundaries of Ger- derscoring by NRS) Story on page 8. man custom by addressing this "stranger" so familiarly as "Dear Auhagen"1: Besides, as shall be proved presently, Au hagen was by no means a stranger to official Germany (see pages 8 and 10.)

Not only Dr. Scholz rushed into the fray, but also Herr George Sylvester Viereck. Indeed, he acted as vanguard when writing to NRS a letter (facsimile on page 1) which is completely self-explanatory. 'For good measure, it contains one of Viereck's "inimitable touches" in its very last paragraph, where he asks for "at least two more copies of #41 for my files and my scrap book". He most assuredly would need "at least two": One for his personal scrap book and another for his boss, Doktor Goebbels. It is a rule of the Reich Propaganda Ministry that their agents in foreign countries must, from time to time, submit printed evidence showing to what extent they have exerted, and made martyrs of, themselves in the interest of the Fatherland. Viereck is admittedly-an agent of a foreign principal in the mean- ing of the McCormack Law. After being shown up as such by NRS on September 14, 1939, he eventually coMplie&with this law and filed his name with the Depart.- Page 80

ment of State, as described in NEWS LETTER of October 26, 1939 and August 28, 1940.

hnRascAlas_taJEI____NRS.... With the publication of the so-called Dies White Book, all protestations on the part of Herren Auhagen, Kohl, Viereck, et al, have been proved completely fallacious; at the same time, it is borne out that NRS was absolutely correct in all its statements.

As regards Auhagen and his connections with the German government, there is now on public record an advice (illustration on yege 6) from the Corn Ex- change Bank and Trust Company of New York City to the Royal Bank of Canada, acknowledging remittance from Germany to Auhagen.

all02011 STLVISTEll VIESZCS This check is only one of many, Ottennom a13 111••rsIde Drive 011111ANIAMPOO 11180 New Iterk enowv .NOWene all proving how closely Auhagen and the German government cooperated, N4112SM April 11th. making it altogether clear why Dr. Scholz enjoyed such friendly relar Mr. Manfred Sapp, tions with the publisher of pro- frassoesanis berries, S41 Madison Avenue, Nazi "Today's Challenge", address.= Wow York City. ing him so familiarly. 'ear Mi. Zapp: I bare been reading your Transooesole Additional records now confirm Berries with greet interest. It seems to SO that it is of great value to a newspaper that has no Amerisan-ser- the fact that Auhagen and Kohl were vies. but it is net of great valne.exeept as a means or ebeehlag up,to lay newspaper regularly serviced by any working hand in hand. In view of of the great Artisan measles. this, it is not the least bit sur- I have read your servielp very earefully. but have prising that, as Kohl wrote in hid !Cued very little that was not printed In the Ansriesn newspapers . Chimney be due to the feet that the Ame- letter to Dr. George, he "happenect rican noes sondes reset,* • great dui of their material from tbe same courses as you do in Germany. It nay to be in the office of the American b., of sours., that I ow mistaken. Fellowship Forum" when Consul It seems to me that before you can sell your ser- Scholz' letter arrived. vile to anyone here, you would have to **eh up very care- fully ibr a period of • iewcweeks, and Point out to any possible Morisse parehaser news items *were& by Yew. *bleb For a medical man, Kohl, in were net seemed by the ether servisse. A ft meta' of !het, the .ins or your service might b. lasreseed. If you give it his correspondence with Auhagen, even sees distineily.a pro-Semen slant.; If you give the those things which their awn correspondents do not certainly revealed that he pos- :::es rearlifrow Germany end Italy. sesses a mentality. which paralle !lose are purely wry personal Impressions. which I bops you will not take miss. I nay be entirti, weft* that of a member of Ritler's gen.=- era! staff. This is graphically borne out in his letter (illustration on page 7) to Auhagen, dated April 22, 1939, especially in a line which orders Auhagen: Put Mr. Graigen on the spot! Pacsimile of letter of advice by Georpq [ Sylvester Viereok, addressed to Br. Man- Tell him to give money and fred Zapp of Transocean Service. Story men with money. No words: on this page. In reference to Viereck , one of the documents now on file is a letter of advice (illustration on this page), dated April 11, 1939. As shown in NEWS LETTER of August 28, 1940, Viereck had hired himself out to Dr. Heinz Beller 9), representing the Nazi authorities in this transaction, to be "at your disposal for editorial conferences whenever mutually convenient". That particular letter of Viereck's, accepting the propaganda assignment from the Nazis, was brimful of his "inimitable" and, at the same time, unmistakable touches. It was indited in exactly the same i'ltn of caution in which Viereck wrote to Manfred Zapp 10) of "Transocean SerViC " 11 ), treating him to advice which only a veteran propagandist could offer on how to overcome the resist- ance of the American press against Goebbels-condocted Transocean "news'''. Page 9.

There is nothing in Viereck's letter to Zapp -- analogous to the letter which Viereck wrote to Beller -- that he could not explain away if necessary. It indicates that Viereck, knowing the American press, its customs and idio” syncracies, is regarded by the Nazis as the most expert adviser on propaganda matters they could hire in this country. However, it seems that, despite Viereck's expert advice, Transocean Ser- vice did not succeed in infiltrating the American press front. When sales re- sistance became too sustained, Zapp wrote to Regierungsrat (State Counselor) Gfinther Altenburg of the Reich Foreign Office (illustration on this page). This was after the outbreak of the war, and meanwhile Zapp had certainly acted on VierecUTTIdvice. Nevertheless, Transocean had not made much progress. Summing up his negative results when approaching American newspapers, Zapp wrote as follows to the Berlin Nazi Oktober 11,9. official, according to the trans-

SOMPOSaMmiest lations esssaerAlteabargo Ansetortigas Ant, 3 • r 4 . I am trying to take advantage of current conditions and make Mein liober G000thor • people curious about Transo-

Sin 'round vet sir sus Sow York timbre is Tagus cean. If we can provide more muf auwegen mob woe mod lab teasels' M. • first-rate material and more news than the others, such as

to der Searle'tung der VS oeffentlioben dim promote Oueba. AP and UP, we shall be able in OWreh delopinsame geterhaltuns kola= Weer wieder out sass time to attain our objective Is wit elooshledew. die abet 1411441 allft Mound out dim Dau- er whilweher *tad. Air lessen-410 'costal's *Lahti isamproueht. here. It will be necessary to Poo wit 004 Maher nook keine MO lioteitigt babes. as brook glob des jedesb nicht abmuhal town wieder nous lerst000se nY develop our Transocean service Suaerimente 'a Jets tolls Leh der TranSootennseh- in Berlin so as to provide riabten der 'attainte Waste is asehrichten der Lokurreas gegenueber, in demon air Ale seitlich umd inbaltlieb gosehlagas hobos. more exclusive news -- news Lash ilia hat nicht vi (*hates. Law wieder ameba Leh sash, oorioano, joesek cogs . Und des tat entautigend. that is not available to AP

Del sergt tips loop der amerikenisebon Primo, Mill% Se- and UP. I have the impression iko* o sat doss T coon bin old wieder Sitter, wird. TO hobs torso that we Germans continue to tostmatellt. As sin grosser Tell der Trenlectsennosariebtein yen der presser Prot moo dor Loft dirott gestehlon wird nod der po- make the mistake of being more dektquren pu tiensaweeken oerliegt. Se *TWA= wit wenligatoo set dies* won is die sawritanisabe Proms wean es ausb courteous to foreigners than seassorlieb ' Oh bar ist. to our own fellow countrymen, Tel verSmehts Its twaJuaktur der jets/gem Slit Oteaunutses and Oa Loot. sot frenomosn noftiorig in seam. Woo war mskr and as an indication of this ftelit0OtOwere Mad nibs Nwebrichten bringeno die die twidierimas vie we give foreign agencies earl- 1, void uP debt heads, dean heoPPO4 wit mit Gor Solt bler der* des rreteheh, v00 wit walla. Sir oases in bailie Cameron Trissessele- ier and better opportunities diens% so oishoos, limos wit nsbr smiclesivo Seebriehtes bringon, Ale AP mad UP al*, sat Tertuodong BOOM. 'lb babe den Diadrusit, use than we give German agencies. wit beau*" Loom week sit des Pealor verfaIleso Aselsondsrn moo. lobo bettliebor we oda all g`eausbor don eigeses Lasts/sults laid If we could get Transocean re- latelitedelsen audit deewalaeadisshes ligentures trustier oaf mob, Or loileedielt (oboe els dos eigenta doutsehen Agent's'. porters to go to the front and MN oe gem soils., demo Trensoessaratriebterstattor a die ?resit gebsa mud interview generals as well as rt illterrlews di sit loortuntrere wed moldetew wrheitini. as moms des eskiallwe leldwedis, alt dtoas wit in 41.0 torrihiciaidte Primps privates, that would be exclu- born kessotos. Oats* stabs es lot den ritowvioes mad Leo'sesoos der sive news that we could get Ontorombosjimstato. As LW*, 40$ albs Win vid Pub., fa4inarimoit 0114 ifeberwindeag con Sidorstsoodoso dies su w- into the American press. The retches. Ohne deo koOinewwitalto aut Drials hisr slob% swamis. tidal 'who, kids doldtiater, selbst in %violas seiner low Photo beim, same would be true of inter- wo woe der Errolohung meow Aiello nasbersubriagea. views with, and statements lees Da Tresseseen kiwis unterstuetsen keenntoot, lostost made by, U-boat commanders. Du sin goat &hoses Dark. kannst Dlr nicht voreeollens SOWN, wit es hisry dragomen baton and wan Leh alibi coossimi, dais Sow It would all take an enormous von Somepor bet Transom:teen wirkligh allot, was in seines dreettma 'Mkt. tat, us mat au unterstustess und wean et auto so poems end amount of time, effort, hard mergiseb mom so besets ish sisherlisb bier sebum die Pilots tin Kern p ten work and the conquest of op- mina &atolls s enlemobe autget•has. be' position. But without it we n ■4 U. oh wad Seine Gatlin In alter ounimshaft bessliabot sit cannot count on success. to effort, no monetary sacrifice that would bring us n=arer to Soil Hitler our goal ought to be consid- Deis ered too great. If you could Facsimile of memorandum by Dr. Manfred Zapp support Transocean in dais, addressed to "Regierungsrat" (State Counsel- you certainly would so some- or) Guenther Altenburg. Story on this page. thing really worthwhile:7(tthi- derscoring by ARS) Page 10. "Something really worthwhile" refers, of course, to 'Zapp's endeavor to infiltrate the United States with Nazi ideology. This is the cherished goal of the Auhagens, Kohls, Viereck's, et al, when they speak of "our country" in reference to the United States. What they really mean — and they are proving it right along by their very actions -- is Unser Amerika 12) in the sense in which Colin Ross 13) used this term as the title for his most brazen propaganda volume. Although their tongue-in-cheek "Americanism" has been evident ever since they went to work, boring from within the United States and spreading their germs of hate toward national disunion, they wrapped themselves so smugly in Old Glory as to scare off many a publisher from printing the truth as he knew it. Others, refusing to be intimidated, were threatened with libel suits. It is interesting to note that, although many of these actions have been threatened, most of them were withdrawn before trial date, and that NOT ONE OF THEM WAS WON in ttr face of evidence, ready for submission to the court.

Nevertheless, US Nazis of variegated hues still continue to misuse the American flag for camouflage purposes. They must be watched all the closer since, with their Day of Judgment near, they are liable to resort to more and more protective coloring to escape detection.

Front and back of one of a whole sheaf of cancelled checks, proving that Auhagen received monies through one "Dr. Johannsen, Hamburg". Employment{ of go-betweens is the usual procedure by which the Reich Propaganda Mints-, try tries to cover its tracks.

*************** For addtttona/ Information on names and facts referred to, see back issues as follows: 1)4109; #97; #82; 2)4108; #51; #41; #37; 3)497; #96; #64; 4)497; #82; #64; s)-4497; #64; it-41; C)497; #82; 7)4113; #106; #102; 8)4103; #77; 9)4103; 10)4105; 19-1108; #105; #84; 12)496; #84; 132; 13)4103; #66; #48.

***************