The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-19
Free European Trip 5
Supplied by German
Steamship Lines

June, 1888. Belle is a member OF
the Friends of New Germany, the
organization which is taking the
lead in anti-semitic propaganda in
this country. This letter stated:
Enclosed you will find a list Of
professors in the various colleges
which will no doubt be of assistance
to you"
The professors listed as prospec-
tive aids for this Nazi-directed anti
semitic organization include the
following:
Or. Ernst lockers, University of
Pennsylvania.
Prof. Doernenburg, La Sale
College, Phils.
DR.. Harry w. Pfund, Carl
Schurz Foundation, at present at
Haverford College, Haverford. Pa.
DR.. Preston A. Barba, Allen
town, Pa.
Prof. Daniel B. shumway, Uni
versity of Penn.
Prof. G george Bickel, High
School, Pottstown, Pa.
DR.. Karl Reuning, Swarthmore
College.
c. R. Walter Thomas, Dickin-
son College.
Prof. w. Haussmann, German
Department, Central High School,
Broad and Green Streets, Phila.
WHILE referring to those prom
inent educators who were given
free passages to Nazi Germany. it is
as good time as any to point out
that the Hamburg American and
North German Lloyd lines are
members of the Transatlantic Con-
ference with headquarters at 80
Broadway, N. Y. City. This con-
ference provides severe penalties for
giving free passages by any of its
members.
Six months ago the Hamburg
American and North German Lloyd
lines were caught by Emil Lederer.
sole arbiter Of the Conference, CIV
ing free passages to four people.
The German shipping lines were
fined some $4,000 but the fine was
kept secret. The fact is that be-
tween January 1, 1888 and May g,
1884 these two Nazi shipping COM
panies gave over 30 free passages,
some of them to Nazi propagan-
dists.
If the shipping companies who
are members of the Transatlantic
Conference or Mr.. Iederer who
assesses the fines, will write me care
Of The New Masses 1 shall be happy
to present them with a complete
list of all who were given free pas
sages, the names, the boats on
which they sailed, the class of pas
sage, the date of sailing and at
whose suggestion they were given
free passage.
This list, which is too large to be
published in full here, includes in
fiuential persons like Karl K. Kit
chen, once Broadway columnist
for the New York Evening World.
Kitchen was given a first-class
passage May 3, 1888 on the Bremen.
He returned after a visit to Ger
many ready to write a series Of
Hitler articles. Some of them
appeared. Col. E. Alexander Powell,
nationally known lecturer on inter
national subjects, who has been
telling the world what a fine place
Nazi Germany is, sailed in first
class cabin on July %, 1888, on the
Europa. Burton Holmes, interna-
tionally known traveller and lee
turer, sailed on a free passage on
the Europa, on April 8, 1884.
Nazi Germany sees nothing wrong
in giving free passages to gentle
men who are in a position to say
good about Hitler's gov
eminent. In fact, it sees nothing
wrong in spending money to carry
on anti-semitic propaganda in this
That the Nazi consul-gen-
eral in New York gave money to
Frather Francis Gross of North AM
boy, N. J., to print vicious anti
semitic throvaway as well as money
to George Sylvester Viereck, the
Nazi agent in this country, has al
ready been established.
The various consulates are under
the direction of the German En-
bassy in Washington. was curl
Gus to know how Hans Luther, the
German Ambassador, viewed this
wholesale dissemination of Nazi
money to propagate the "hate-the-
Jew" creed in direct interference in
the internal affairs of this country.