The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07
CUNARD JOB
AS WAR MEASURE
Herman Winter Dismissed Be-
cause Of Previous Post and
German Percentage.
BORN IN UNITED STATES

Herman Winter. one Of the most en-
cient shipping uren In this country. who
has been for the last Ave years assistant
to General Agent Charles r. Sumne OF
tho Cunard Line, was surprised on
Monday TO receive a notification that
his services would be no longer avail
able by the Liverpool office of the COM
pany because Of his previous afflia-
tons and the fact that he was Of
German ~parentage. although he IL a
native Of Baltimore and his father.
when Herman was born, was q natura.
lized American citizen.
Mr.. Summer himself said he regretted
that Mr.. Winter, whom he holds In high
esteem for his ability and personality.
had been forced to leave the employment
OF the line. and that IL was not due to
any lack OF business talent.
Mr.. Winter ave good-by TO his
friends In the Office yesterday afternoon
and received the sytrgathetic greetings
Of friends in the steamship business.
who expressed themselves "a puzzled
and hurt by the action Of the home
office of the Cunard company. Mr..
Winter himself frankly said that his
dismissal was "a war measure" and that
he could not comprehend il. as his ac-
~tivities. socially and otherwise. were with
tUt .NliltS rather IMAM lUe peTrIldIS.
He had been conspicuously friendly
with men who syn,pathize with France
and England, not because OF the bust
ness cfrec, OF that attitude but because.
as he said Yesterday. he felt that way.
50 the blow was a bit harder to bear
than II would have been II he had shown
bias for the Central Powers.
MIR. Winter said lie had no doubt that
his former connection with Oelriohs 4
Co. then agents OF the North German
Lloyd Line AT this port. was the chief in
fiuence that actuated the Cunard direc-
tors in letting him go. Back OF this was
the criticism" OF English shipping men
inspired by the fact that MIR. Winter was
of German parentage and had been so
long. twenty-six years. with the North
German Lloyd, resigning when he had
become assistant manager OF the frm OF
Oelrichs a. Co. and the line.
Mr.. Winter remarked just before leav-
ing the office Of the Cunard Line last
night that he believed himself to be as
neutral as any native American could
he that instead OF showing sentiments
favorable to III. German cause he had
been inclined to lean the other way. Re-
ing young the Is only >s). he said he did
not doubt that his experience would q
get him another Job. just as II had the
one he left yesterday. lie was only three
days away from the North German Lloyd
office when the cunard Line sent for him
and he became assistant to MIR. uinne
Mr.. Winters parents were born in
Bremen and came here before he was
born. His father was an enthusiastic
American. After clerking in an import
ing house Mr.. Winter was introduced to
the steamship business. clerkinG for Yer
a., IVNus. e. 70 nUAnta fnr the
Cunard Line. He learned s%tenography
and latev became the first stenographer
and secretary of Gustav n. Schwab. head
of Oelrichs & Co. and In five years had
become Mr.. Schwab'- assistant. Eric
ton with the new administration Of the
North German Lloyd caused Mr.. Winter
to resign.