Interviev7 with Joseph Roos, Los Angeles, July 20, 194o Mr. Roos Is sfftiiaisokx* a memb r of a large Jewish law firm which operates a news research service at 727 W 7th St- The firm is connected withe the anti-defamation league whose object is to expose anti-semitic propaganda. In 1940 the research service published two of thfcr weekly news letters on Japan se activities. These were concerned with alleged railit ry preparation of Japan in collaboration with Germany and are most interesting because they were reprinted, word for word, in Martin Dies fellow Book as the product f Dies own investigation. Later KXKKXXfiXK MarcantAnio photost ted the News Letters in an effort to discredit the Dies Committee. Mr. Roos knew very little about the evacuation problems but he directed m© to other people in the city. Later, also, Mxxthe senior member of the firm (a rominent Legionaire and layyer) Leon Lewis called me» I was unable to see Mr. L becau e ixxaxof my overcrowded schedule, but he told jne he had definitive proof on hand to refute the story that Jewish business men rofited from the evacuati n. If and when we ever get an economist to do some work or,the Japanese problem, Ilr. L will be of great aid. He said he w>uld turn over hi co plete file to the Study. NEWS LETTER Published by News Research Service, Inc., 727 W. Seventh Street, Los Angeles, California Space permits only highlighting of netvs. More detailed information is available to serious Students and Wriurs. [Figure« In Text Indicate Ref- HH^^mmmmMo. 108 October 2,1940 erence Note« itt end of U»ue JAPA-NAZIS OVER HAWAII Japan'3 rampant militancy towards the United States is a well-coordinated by-play of Nazi expansion policies. Roots, and proof, of this fact go back to the very first year of the Hitler Era. It was on January 17, 1933, that, the Mikado'3 delegation to the League of Nations, headed by the present Nipponese Foreign Minister, Yosiike Matsuoka, left Geneva as a protest to the League's censure of Japan for its Manchukuoan venture. A fortnight later, Adolf Hitler assumed control Japan of the Reich. One of his first startling, international gestures was to follow Japan's example and J PUTS H secede from the League© Ever since, in the same spirit of political parallelism, coordinated propaganda has been carried on by these Totali tarians. One of the most outstanding examples of this proced- ure is an article, published under the signature of Yosuke Matsuoka, which appeared in "Liberty" (illustration deaiffnn MM tlw I'hihppine. and intendm« to ck~ »he door in China U> American trad* Thu wa» al»urd. hn-aunr for Ihr laat two yrar» of on this page) of July 22, 1933«, It thr World War Japan »a. in a pom.« Ui takr no! on!i ihr I'hilipiii»» Wand» but even Ihr Hawaiian »roup was entitled: "Japan Puts Her Cards ,f .he wariir.1 to Thr United Slate. had tranaferred rvery naval >r«~l of any onar^ueiice out of thr Partite int.. Ihr Atlant» on the Table® Does she Expect to I'.iit immediately aftrr Ihr war your Navy iKparlmrnl found it cddrnly MMMry to coru-rnlratr a lame part Fight the United States? — An Explan- . ( your navy n the Pall ft. Ocean. and I.. MWirt tank in* 1/' .UliM for ureal aMnta "f oil at Hawaii Th. American |.roplr «"». hardly lo have known ho. ation and a Challenge by the Man TTho thrv were mi»lr.i. but your trumjiad-ul. an«.rty rauaad rvrii Miitr of thr »ovrrnmrnta uf Kur.1* t« ¡»om- Walked °ut on the League of Nations." « ihr pa*t quarter of a tentury that - toanxiou ujr,s Thr British invernm.nl. whirh W had an »» the cuwlu»».« vl Hi. Ru»». Japan«-«allianc. e With Japan for nearl> twenty year«, n..uli«d thr War Ihrr. havr I»-, n Ihrre .ampaurn» Japancon . -.' irovri mvU it would not be al>lr lo continue thia du. tad IN Ihr Iniird Slate» «KJIB»! JaparaUiaiu. r in Ihr face of Amern« oppaaKMW. »In.- was by your navy adi.iat***. one bIyt wan .mpoaalbl* for our l—pW u. und.-n.uni no incJ th* stair .ml 1• t.y «Tili 1 hat. ll America. aititi WrWnrw wj^iad n,- . ¿pa. it! lo The article would have been inter- li III il I a A • 4ii i Ettliaw esting enough if it had actually Reproduc tion from "Liberty" of July flowed from Matsuoka'3 pen. Indeed, 22, 1933, showing first page of ar- it couldi Brought to Oregon by a re- tide sigied, but not written, by lative when he was 13, the Japanese Yosuke Matsuoka. plenipotentiary to the League had re- mained in America and, at 22, graduated from the law school of the University of Oregon. Later, when in Japan's diplomatic service, he was stationed in Washington for some years* However, Matsuoka did not write this article himself. He may have added a few touches here and there, or eliminated certain points, but the essay, as a whole, wa3 fashioned by Hitler's most experienced, and most indefatigable, "sentiment moulder" in the United States. This fact, insignificant though it may be by itself, is of greatest Importance NOV/, since it proves how closely. Page 10. and for how long, Japan and the Third Reich have « • «» • m • * played from both ends, with the United States of • « America caught in the middle* « * * _• • ftn lit X w « •*• n ill o * «1 i K Found: The Missing Link m M .n « •z *> a* r, •**X.mI ft C ftI* n 2 zk »*i wM * m k • * ^ £ • ft* ftft • mm K k A K• * ftff• • U NRS is in a position to reveal the exact genesis ft ft* * » eX K t of the Matsuoka article, which clearly delineates the * * ftft •i a ft ft m ft full extent of Nazi-Nippon cooperation. Actual fabri- Vv « ftft * m * *• n* * cator of the Matsuoka-signed article was none other * • m 1 IS • Tfk Mi 8 than George Sylvester Viereck ), self-styled "Ameri- m •i i « •t a can spokesman of, and recognized apologist for, u •k fti &T Wilhelm III f C •* « * After walking out on the League, Matsuoka repaired nft n to Berlin where he was received by the late Reich- nA President von Hindenburg and his newly appointed Chan- •*• t cellor, Adolf Hitler. The Japanese plenipotentiary ft then embarked on an inspection trip of Germany'3 most Statement of organi- important industrial plants, including the famous zation and activi- Krupp armament factories in the Ruhr region, the ties of The Insti- Siemens & Halske Electric Company, the Siemens- tute for the Educa- Schuckert Works in Tegel near Berlin and, among many tion of Overseas others, the well known "I. G. Farben" dye trust with Japanese, as it ap- a whole string of factories along the Rhine«, All pears in the direc- these establishments were part and parcel of Germany1s tory of Japanese war industry, and,as such, are now under British air- patriotic organiza- craft attacks» tions, published by The Society of In- On March 24th, 1933, Matsuoka arrived in New York ternational Cultur- where Chinese, and American sympathizers of the Chin- al Relati ons. (For ese cause, demonstrated against him to the point where trans lation see the police had to be called out. Matsuoka declared page 7). that his visit was entirely unofficial; he also made the firm statement that he would not grant any inter- views ••• .Nevertheless , he received George Sylvester Viereck 1 At that time, Viereck was under contract to Liberty to deliver a certain number of "big-name" articles, either written under his own name, or under his war-time pseudonym, George F. Corners, or anonymously as a "ghost". The Mat- suoka article, signed, but not written, by the Japanese diplomat, was one of a whole string of similar essays which Viereck planted in Liberty, with the Mac- Fadden weekly completely unaware of the fact that it was being used to spread subtle Totalitarian propaganda© Contact with the Japanese statesman had been established by Viereck through Reich Consul General Dr. Otto Kiep in New York. He, in turn, had communicated with Dr. Otto Meissner, Hindenburg's secretary (and still serving Hitler in the same capacity)© Subsequently, necessary arrangements were made so that when Matsuoka arrived in New York, Viereck was immediately received. In order to cater to the general trend of featuring "big-name" articles, Liberty released Viereck's contribution under Matsuoka's name. In this way, no suspicion of any propaganda was aroused; a reaction which would have been almost unavoidable had Viereck's name been mentioned in connection with ito He was under very heavy fire at that particular time because he was practical- ly the one and only "American" stoutly defending Hitler, then only a few months in the saddle© Page 10. — Ever since, Nazi and Nipponese agitators have tipped • * off each other on propaganda possibilities and the • N availability of competent apologists. m ftH « f. IN 0. II W a 9Y » P» K W (' N It M !VI IS r, »0 ne n « « n u <+ M 'M 1» tt M » IH » ill II S Two-Way Propaganda Stooges lK • •y )t M w n « i> (t -I- is, * 14 "> ïï It t H « * 1: ft ft 'h «• I. « li. II ti t n M t' il» it ri >• * Nazi propagandists extend their activities in two -- U * if 1 h » n n • m K m II ' X » A K * ? directions.