The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
REVOLT PLOT
|SCHARGED TO
SILVER SHIRTS
American NaziS' Planned to
Seize San Diego, Official
ProberS Told.

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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8.-Behind
closed doors, a congressional sub
committee today delved into activ-
tiles of the Silver Shirts, an anti
Semetic and apparently anti
Catholic organization, which is
alleged to have planned a revolu-
ton last May to seize control of San
Diego as the first step in a nation
wide uprising.
Secret hearings were ordered in
the midst of revelations, on the
grounds that international compli-
cations" might arise,
Details of the fantastic plot were
withheld after three hours of testi-
mony yesterday. Volney P. Mooney,
counsel for the subcommittee head
ed by Representative Charles Kra-
mer, said:
This evidence never will be made
public because it is so poisonous in
ternational complications might re-
suit"
international complications" were
threatened on another front when
DR.. Georg GySsling, German vice.
consul, was invited and refused to
testify. Diplomatic immunity ex-
emptS him from subpoena.
Nazi Link Is Claimed
His connection with the case APP
parently rested on similarity of the
names of his private secretary and
a John Riemer," head of the
American Labor party. Neither
Riemer nor the American Labor
party was connected in open testi-
mony with the Silver Shirts, a
Fascist organization.
THE committee will have to get
the consent of the German embassy
in Washington" DR.. Gyssling said
in refusing to appear.
One witness testified that the
Silver Shirts we're sympathetic
with the Nazis."
Like the NaziS, in whose hall they
meet in at least one eastern city,
the Silver Shirts have storm
troops" These, with headquarters
in Oklahoma City, are known as the
Silver Rangers and it is presum-
ably the Silver Rangers with which
yesterdays testimony dealt for the
most part.
Two witnesses occupied the wit
ness stand during the short open
hearing. Both indicated they were
unofficial "spies," but neither was
identified with the United States
Secret Service. They were Corporal
Edward T. Grey, United States
marine corps, and Virgil Hays,
former marine.
Grey said he was assigned by
superior officers to investigate
Silver Shirt activities in San Diego.
Revealing the alleged lot to take
control of San Diego, he said:
1T was Planned for early in May,
when the Communists were to stage
May day demonstration. The
Silver Shirts were ready, too. They
figured the Communists really
planned to seize the city
Tells of Conversations
He said the organization planned
to converge on the city from the
outskirts, overthrowing the Com
munists, who, they expected, already
would have seized the city hall. The
revolt" failed to materialize when
the expected Communists coup was
not attempted.
Hays testified to alleged converse
tons with w. w. Kemp, whom he
described as west coast commander
of the Silver Shirts.
Kemp told me the sheriff'S office
would protect all the Silver Shirts"
Hays said. He said everybody in
the office was for us but one, the
undersheriff. The undersheriff is
Jewish, he said, and would be
liquidated. I guess he meant killed.
He said that when we were
modified the sheriff's and the police
department arms would be turned
over to US"