The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27
Wanted to Confront
Spanknoebel With
Documents
BY SENDER GARLIN.

NEW IORh.-lne telephone
in the Daily Worker editorial
office rang about noontime
Wednesday.
Hello" said a low, burning
voice. This is M. Untermyer, Mr..
Samuel Untermyer. May I speak to
the editor, please2"
Gust minute, please" Inter
myer was told.
A few seconds passed. you can't
keep me waiting like this pleased"
The voice showed the irritation of a
man accustomed for years to having
his own way.
A plug in the switchboard con-
nected the special legal and finan-
cial adviser to Tammany Hall and
leader of the Jewish anti-Nazi boy
colt movement with Clearance Hatha-
way, editor of the Daily Worker.
Hello" said Hathaway.
eyes" said Untermyer, NOW, in
connection with those documents you
people published on The Friends of
New Germany'-can I get the
originals? 1 want to confront
Spanknoebel with them at the City
Hall hearing this afternoon. Can
you give me your personal assurance
that the documents are authentic?"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. authentic.
Our investigation, both before pub
fishing the documents and since,
convinces US that their authenticity
cannot be challenged.
Untermyer-Did this letter ever
reach Germany?
Hathaway-No, the letter did not,
but the envelope which was to con-
tain the letter did reach Germany.
Untermeyer chuckled. 1t was very
stingy, tentative and inhibited
chuckle.
Unterrnyer-Mr. Hathaway, was
this Nazi document sent through the
mails?
Hathaway-No, they don't handle
their correspondence that way; they
send it by courier to the German
ship captains, who take it to Ger
many. This letter was intercepted
some time between the writing and
the departure of the ship.
Untermyer-Oh! Could YOU ar
range to send me the original letter
Mr.. Hathaway? I'd like very much
to confront this fellow Spanknoebel
with 1t at the hearing this afte~noon
Hathaway think that we can ar
range it, with the proviso, however,
that the original documents must be
protected, and that you will give us
your personal assurance that they
will be returned to us.
Untermyer-Can your man bring
them to me directly to the hearing?
Hathaway-Our man can put them
in your hands Immediately, before
the hearing opens.
Untermyer-Very well, MIR. Hatha-
way, will depend upon you. Thank
you. Goodbye.
MISUNDERSTANDING.
A RMED with reporters card. is
"A sued by the New York police de-
partment, and carrying the vital
Nazi documents in my inside coat
pocket, l took the subway down to
City Hall. (The fare is still nickel.)
I skipped jauntily UP the City Hall
steps, full of naive confidence that
the police card would assure me safe
passage through the labyrinths of
City Hall, and into the Board of Es-
innate chamber where the Nazi hear
ing was being held before Mayor
OBrien.
City Hall: Stormed by jobIess
workers demanding relief; veterans
fighting for their bonus; where
Communists have led scores OF mass
delegations; where Sam Nessin, un-
employed leader, was nearly nlur-
dered-19 cons dragged him into
the cellar of the building. They
dubbed Nessin with their black
Jacks, they punme'ed him with
their fists, they kicked him when he
lay unconscious and haif-dead;
they ground their heels in his face.
:. Nessin had told Jimmie Walker,
then Tammany mayor, 81 represent
the workers; you represent the
grafters."
City Hall; Where mayors wearing
full dress, gardenias in lapels. face
microphones and welcome visiting
"dignitaries"; fascist murderers from
Italy and Roumania; where trans
Atlantic flyers get the key to the
town; where the millions in graft
that go with the job IF running
great city" are divvied up :.
THE corridors Of the City Hall were
damned with people, all strainine
to gain entry to the steps leading to