The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-12
Ivy Lee Got $4,000
For Nazi Publicity
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of them should write considered
article for an important American
publication, dealing comprehen-
Sively with these two subjects.
Specifically, with reference to
the disarmament question, could
not Mr.. Won Ribbentrop make a
visit to the United States with a
view to explaining Germany's po-
sition to President Roosevelt and,
while he was here, addressing the
Foreign Policy Association and the
Council on Foreign Relations on
the subject?
It was further brought out that
the Nazi government has ap-
propriated $55 100000 year for
spreading propaganda in this coun-
try,
Son Paid $4,000
Lees son. James Lee II, is REL
ceiving $4,000 year as Lees con-
tact man in Germany for sending
various pamphlets and newspaper
clippings with Hitlers statement
attacking Jews, Bolsheviks and
other vicious propaganda, to Lees
office here.
did Ivy Lee ever have any con-
tract with the Soviet government
or with any agency of it?" he was
asked.
No Dealings with U. S. S. r.
mo-" Carter replied. I'VE have
never had any dealings with the
Russian government"
Carter admitted that Lee had
done some work for the Polish and
Bulgarian governments several years
ago, but only in a business yay."
1T was nothing like this contract
with the German Dye Trust" he
said.
In the stormy session that fol-
lowed later in the afternoon it was
brought out that Representative
Samuel Dickstein, a member of the
committee, had requested free trans
portation to Germany from the
Hamburg American lines when he
was chairman of the House Immi-
grafton Committee in 1882.
This charge was hurled at Dick
stein by Ernst Schmitz, head of
the German railways and German
Tourist Information Bureau on 5th
Ave, who had supplied free trans
portation to writer's and lecturers
sympathetic to the Nazis.
Eyes, I asked for the courtesies,' -
Dickstein admitted in a loud voice,
"but 1 was turned down. I had to
pay $500 for the trip. And I can
say that it was pretty bum one,
toe"
Represents Sun
Mccormack severely repri-
manded Schmitz for his "ungentle-
manly" behavior in having brought
out this fact about Dickstein.
The outburst from the lawyer
came as Schmitz, breathing rapidly
and fighting nervously IN his seat
found great difficulty in answering
questions put to him by Dickstein
Schmitz testified that his company
had hired Byoir for $4,000 month
for 10 months to write travel bull
letins and advise on tourist infor-
nation.
did you read these bulletins?"
Dickstein asked.
well, I glanced through them
yes" answered Schmitz.
Nib wa,
these bulletins didn't say word
about travel or railroads but that
they were all about armaments?"
Schmitz: I'll don't know"
Dickstein: But you said you
looked through them, didn't your"
1t was here that Schnitz' LAWYER
interfered and was ordered into The
audience. Questioning then con-
tinued with the chairman, Mac
Cormack, easing up on Schnitz
Late in the afternoon, Franz c.
Mensing, one of the heads of the
Hamburg American and North Ger
man Lloyd in New York, testified.
Mensing, it was brought out, had
been a leading member of the Nazi
party here and of the Friends of
New Germany, and had been active
in organizing branches of Nazis
while in the employ of the German
steamship lines.
Mensing had been appointed
leader Of the German Labor Front
here by Spanknoebel who had given
him orders.
Mensing was the one who had
issued an order for all German
workers employed by official Ger
man companies to join the Nazi La
Dor Front on the threat of loss of
citizenship in Germany and loss
Of job.
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