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The Washington times., 1937-09-20

Swapping his words from the
corner of his mouth in true mill
tary style, Schwarzmann tells the
Ordnungs Dienst members:
Last Sunday night when we
returned from Camp Nordland,
some of you left our main group
and went home alone. I must
warn you against this practice.
1t is a very dangerous thing for
you to do. If you are seen walk
ing alone while in uniform you
might be beaten up by some Of
our enemies, the communists or
the c. / o.
IT am not afraid Of a fight,
but when someone wanders off
alone like that and is attacked
the rest of us might not be able
to get there in time. We must
stay together whenever we are
in uniform on the street. This
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
Installing of "Fight"

The Bund program of instilling
fight" in its youth and its teach
ing that jungenschaft members
should be ready to meet any emer-
gency makes the youthful scouts
brave and self-reliant.
At Camp Nordland, near An
dover, N. j., on July 18, boy in
Bund uniform demonstrated his
bravery by risking his life to save
member Of the maedschen-
schaft.
An auto came careening out of
the grounds, heading directly for
the little girl. The boy leaped to
her rescue, threw her clear of the
onrushing car, but was badly
crushed himself.
Storm troopers on duty grabbed
the driver of the car. He was a
fellow member of the Ordnungs
Dienst, uniformed force, and was
drunk. Storm troop officers
ripped off his sWastika armband,
his belt and Nazi pin and he was
Immediately discharged from the
Bund. AS the result of the Incl
dent, all o. D. members in every
post were warned against exces-
sive drinking and told they would
be fired from the Bund without
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
NAILS USE TOYS
TO RECRUIT U. S.
BOYS AND GIRLS
RepIiCas of Hitler Arms
Teach War "GIoy"
Bv WILLIAM MUELLER

Nazi swastikas wave. -. a
cannon "booms" sparks
fly from machine guns.
signal communication lights
flash. It is WAR, but a
m inia ture war. A war
played by American boys
and girls with toy soldiers
which are exact copies of
the new Hitler military ma
chine.
Toy soldiers imported from
Germany instill in American
children the GLORY" of war.
Two German import stores in
the Yorkville section of New York
city sell hundreds of Nazi toy SOL
diers each year. The stores have
smaller displays of American SOL
diers, but they are not nearly as
popular as those Of the Nazi re-
CINE.
The Washington times., 1937-09-20

don't need a law to force them into
the regimerted organization.
In a mimeographed paper is
sued by the American NaZi youth
movement, Hitler is termed 1.-The
prophet of new and nobler chap
ter in the course of human events. u
His "creed" is worldwide, youthful
Americans are told
"He leads the struggle for race
preservation against the melting
pot idea of Observation-Disclosures
dabblers in theoretical concepts
of the brotherhood of all races.
1.-THE setting up of a nation in
order; clean and strong, free
and unified, is a miracle which
only proves the prophet is
divinely inspired with God-given
powers and insight.
THE slumbering emberS Adolf
Hitler has famed into fire in
the hearts of Aryan men will
break out into a mighty blaze
that will consume the enemy
when he raises his red rags.
1.-The world quivers with the
commissions of an approaching
earthquake that will shake each
The Washington times., 1937-09-20

trial if they ever appeared drunk
in uniform.
Lauds Discipline of Youth
Discipline of Bund youth was
praised by Herr Weiss, physical
education instructor at the organl
zation's Philadelphia youth camp
Deutschhorst, near Croydon, Pa
He said the boys and girls in camp
obeyed orders "just like little
soldiers"
These young boys must carry
on our fight in the days to
come" Youth Leader Dinke-
lacker declared at the Bund ma
tional convention. 1T is highly
important that we train them to
think our way-the right way.
Every bit of support you give
this movement. whether it be
financial or otherwise, is deeply
appreciated and most signifi-
cant.
Urge your children and the
children of your friends and
relatives to join with us. We
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
Spies Beaten Up

I looked at Fritz Matthes, boy
disappearing leader of the
Deutscher Volksbund uniformed
troops and a former storm trooper
under Hitler in Germany.
HE thinks I am a spy" say
with what I hope is a genuine
laugh.
"Ach!" he tells me, "you do
not pay any attention to him.
No one thinks you are a spy"
look around at all three of my
beer-drinking companions and ask F.:
what would you do if I were
a spy?"
Matthes, who loses his boyish
grin when giving military orders,
replies for the group:
1--WE do not worry about that.
We take care of all spies. We
take them into an alley and give
them good beating"
you would?" I ask in sur
priSed tone. But that would
get you into trouble"
mo, mol" Matthes assures me.
1--WE know how to do that. We
have beat them up already. We
take care Of that"
They all laugh, but Babe still is
not satisfied with me. He asks
me how I came into the Bund
Matthes laughs with me at that
question for he knows how often
have told other Bund members
about that.
HE has told that so many
times already" Matthes tells
Babe.
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
Germany Stages
Huge War Games

BERLIN, Sept. 20 G.N.S)-Two
hundred thousand soldiers and the
country's entire civilian populace
participated today in the begin
ming of the greatest war games
ever held in Germany.
ReichSfuehrer Adolf Hitler has
arrived at Mecklenburg to watch
the army maneuvers which will
last all week. Civilian participa-
ton is centering in Berlin, where
the population is being trained
with a series of imaginary air
raids. Hitler will go to Munich
Saturday to meet Premier Benito
Mussolini of Italy, arriving for a
five-day state visit.
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
5000 at Celebration

There are about 5000 at the
celebration. some Of whom appar-
emily are well-to-do. One middle
aged woman next to me at the bar
talks about her servants and
flashes huge diamond ring.
On the train I talk to an 92-year-
old man who has been in this coun-
try 81 years and am surprised at
his defense of the Bund's princi-
Piles, since most of the older Ger
mans have met will have moth
ing to do with the Hitler program
in America.
He is particularly strong in his
denunciations of President Roose-
welt and repeats some of the
canardS circulated about the Pres
ident's health and family during
the last election. He mentions
the Bund contention that "the
Jews control Roosevelt"
"They get into everything"
he CO m m ents. They are
Schlaue hunde (sly dogs).
You've got to keep both eyes
on them. If it weren't for the
dirty Jews this country wouldn't
be so bad. OF course, even at
its best it's not like the Water.
land where you get your moneys
worth for everything you buy.
What we need at the head
of this country is someone like
Mr.. Kuhn. Now there's a good
mana real man. He's very
smart and very nice"
Read Chapter VII of John
Metcalfe's experiences in tOmOr.
rows Washington TimeS.)
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
SSubOHoGi

From speech, "The Venezuelan Question:" deliv-
cred before the New York Chamber of Commerce,
January 2, 1896. From Carl Schurz, Speeches, Cor
sc. as American citizens, haOing sworn exclusive
allegiance to the United States, not one of them
should forget that this republic has right to
pect of all its adopted citizens, to their attitude to-
ward public affairs, especially questions of peace
wor, the loyal and complete subOrdinGtOn of the in
terests of their native countries the interests of the
United States"
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
NAILS IGNORED
BY U. S. GERMANS
OF WISCONSIN
Its Citizens Shun HsmS,'
La Toilette Says
BY JOHN MAIN

MADISON, Wis, Sept. 20.-WiS-
consin's citizens Of German an,
cestry, whose traditions Of 10y.
atty to America date back to the
Civil War, can be depended on
to have no part in Nazi-iSm, FaS-
ciSm, Communism or other sub
versive influences seeking to I'm
dermine democracy.
That was Governor Philip r.
La Follette's declaration here. Wis
consin State officials are taking
no official cognizance Of the
AmerikadeutScher Volksbund or
of allied organizations. They say
they refused to dignity such
groups by making martyrs" Of
them.
Attempts have been made by
the Bund itself to put the Wis
consin State government "in the
middle" At a Kenosha German
day celebration August 8, the
Bund's official printed program
said that, after the singing of
the "Star Spangled Baner," Theo-
dore Dammann, WiSconsin's sec.
rotary Of state, would speak.
DIDN'T SHOW UP
Handbills distributed prior to
the meeting likewise emphasized
Dammann'S expected presence.
But Dammann did not appear.
The Bund was not able to claim
official state recognition for its
organization. And there was no
protest from the mass of Wiscon-
sins citizens of German descent
that Dammann's failure to appear
was an insult"
Governor LaFollette denied he
had anything to do with it.
ct don't know anything about
it," he said. cts news to me.
I didn't know Dammann was on
the programme never said any,
thing about it to me. But
then"
The governor shrugged express
sively. They have a way you see
of ignoring upstart movements"
in Wisconsin. The great bloc of
Germans who were the early set
tiers of Wisconsin came here from
Germany in 1848.
'"They were the finest single
large group of immigrants ever
to come to this or any other
country" La Toilette said
proudly. '"They came here after
the German revolution of 1848.
They made this country their
own. They were the finest type
of men and women imaginable.
FOUGHT FOR OLD GLORY"
when the Civil War came IL
years later they formed Wiscon-
sins famous Iron Brigade. Many
of them still could not speak
English-but they knew what
the war was about. They fought
for the preservation of the
Union. They fought for Old
Glory"
Today, Wisconsin's So-called
German" citizens are, practically
all of them, the third generation
of these settlers of '48.
"They have kept the best that
is German in their traditions"
La Toilette explained, but they
are American to the core"
Here in Wisconsin we are
firm believers in the American
principle of free speech. Let
them meet, let them talk, let
them wear uniforms or robes or
whatever they please. We will
rely on our people, our Solidly
American people. These others
can do no HARM"
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
Running Mate
| in the Khan

The NaZi army in the
United States has q / INNING
mate down South in its cam
paign against Communism"
and other iSmS.
The Ku Klux Khan cam
paign is aimed at communism
and the G. /. o.
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
KuIturIs 1t
Culture?
Kultur or culture?

hulCur or culture?
Addressing the summer In
stitute for Social Progress at
Wellesley College on July 16,
DR.. Leroy E. Bowman, direc-
tor of the United Parents AS
ISOLATION of New York, de-
cIared that fascism was mi
mical to cultural development.
"The Finest products of the
social intercourse of people
books, plays, musical compost
tiOnS, are part of a cultural
stream that flows out of the
past and pushes on to an un-
determined future" he said.
"FasciStS cut off the flow
from the past and dam up the
stream at some point at which
the official mind finds firm
ground on which to build and
prepetuate its own citadel of
power and prestige"
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
Ingenuity Required

ola, that is right" he assures
me, but we have never had any
trouble. We can take care of
anything like that. Matthes,
he has several big fellows there
they can take care of any
thing"
(TIMES Storm Trooper James
MetCalfe learns the secrets Of the
alien army. Read Chapter III OF
the former G-man'S story in TO-
mOrrOw'S Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1937-09-20

order must be strictly obeyed."
Then comes a warning based on
the "inside" information which
Bund leaders repeatedly claim
they have obtained from secret
source.
II want to warn you particu-
larry against this danger in the
coming months" Schwarzmann
says. 1--WE have obtained infor-
nation that there will be CLIO
and communist riots in New
York this fall. There is going
to be plenty Of trouble. We must
be and shall be prepared to meet
any emergency"
The troops are dismissed and
as is customary we order beer and
start to sing. The songs are taken
from a Hitler storm troop song
book. One, translated and put
into English verse, goes:
"Up, up for battle, Ue are born to
battle,
"Up, up for battle for the Ger.
man FGtherlG1td.
ave are SQorn to Adolf Hitler
"And to Adolf Hitler ne extend
our hand.
Grim stands a man, as firm as
any oak,
"BrGving every storm as tDeH as
he can,
"M1ybe on the n1orroW he tDtI be
a corpse
"As happens indeed to many a
Hitler man.
''Up, then for battle, all you bro,on
bGttGIionS,
"The Third Reich our goal shall
eUer be:
"The Dorld 1DGr's departed. all OF
these tho millions
Are forcing US to battle and
gain q Uictory."
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
study now and let me have your
Srnnph aS S0on &C IL iS raodu''

study now and let me have your
speech as soon as it is ready"
During the speaking program,
Herman Won Busch. camp Secre.
tary, reads a telegram from Gov.
Harold Hoffman, of New Jersey,
in which the governor politely side
tracks the issue of appearing at q
Bund gathering by mentioning a
prior speaking engagement at At
lantic City.
The crowd applauds and many
nod their heads as if to say, you
see, the authorities recognize us
and think we're all right, in spite
Of all the attacks in the news
papers"
The Washington times., 1937-09-20

nation to its bedrock, bury every
thing corrupt and outmoded and
clear away to leave a world of
virile, progressive race-consciouS
nations"
The article, signed by Paul NJ.
Ochojski, in charge of the English
columns of the youth paper, thus
tells American children of the
S m e approaching communist
revolution" which Bund speakers
warn their members to prepare
for,
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
BY JAMES ]. METCALFE
CHAPTER I.
Maybe you are a spy!"


Karl Babe. heavy-set, round.
faced leader Of the German war
veterans concert band, speaks the
words slowly as he leans across a
table in the "HauS Vaterland,
1857 N. Western Ave-, headquar-
tiers of American Nazis in Chicago.
He stares at me intently through
gold-rimmed spectacles, his eyes
slightly blurred from a dozen or
more beers.
retarn the stare, surveying
him carefully, noting his thin,
closely cropped hair, his round,
fat face and extremely fair com.
plexion. Then I smile.
"You think I am a Spy?" !
counter.
mo, I do not say that" he
replied, "but, you know, you are
not here long. We do not know
you so well"
Fritz Winter, a member Of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VolkSbund, in
terruptS.
"He means you are not yet a
full member. First we have to
investigate you. We check up
on everything you did for the
last five years. Then we know
you are not a spy and you are
all right"
The Washington times., 1937-09-20

Following is an experts translation of another
German poem culled from the Nazi "primer of hate"
and versified by James j. Metcalfe.)
ave go to JeWish Stores"
The mother tells her child,
ave neUer purchase merchandise
Unless it's German-styled
at must be made by German hands
And Wrought with German skill,
For German Women nothing else
Can eUer fill the bill.
"We therefore go to German stores
And quite savings reap,
Because get good merchandise
And alUUays get it cheap.
"When bargaining in JeuUsh stores
You're always bound to lose,
So mark your mothers words, my child:
One never buys from yeWs."
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
Peace Talk "Foolish"

cts foolish to talk about
stopping war" remarked a clerk
in a New York store.
when the band plays and
parades start all the young
people will be rushing away to
enlist again.
81 was that way in 1914. I
was 20 and I enlisted in the Ger
man army right away. went
through the whole war and came
out without any toes-they were
frozen off in Russia-but other
wise all right. I know how ter
rible war is and I wouldn't go
again"
He explained the soldiers were
exact replica made from photo
graphs for which German officers
posed.
Youths in the Amerikadeutscher
VolkSh und's JungenSchaft and
Maedchenschaft movements, mod
eled closely after the Hitler youth
of Germany, look to the soldiers
of new Germany for inspiration.
At the Long Island German day
celebration sponsored by the Bund
at Camp Siegfried, Yaphank, L. L.,
August 20. tanks and motorcycle
riders equipped with machine guns
were sold a. a booth.
The Washington times., 1937-09-20

All written and photo
graphic material relative to
the story of Nazi activities in
America not otherwise cred
tied is copyrighted, 1887, by
TINES Publishing Corp.
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
Il. S. NaZiS Warned
OF Attacks by Reds
(John Metcae continues his story of his experiences
Annori Itochon otnr
By JOHN @. METCALFE
CHAPTER VI

"The communists will get you if you don't watch out"
This is the theme of address by my pudgy fuehr Her.
man Schwarzmann after drill with the Astoria a. ~ storm
troops of ,Juv
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
Repeats His Story

But insist on telling Babe any.
way, and so I repeat the story.
Il was born in Berlin and
my parents, who are now dead,
brought me to this country
when I was a small boy. I've
been travelling around the coun-
try in recent years and just
came back to Chicago from Cal
ifornia this summer. I found
a letter from MY fathers family
in Germany telling of plans for
family reunion in Germany
once each year.
II am a German citizen and
still feel the ties of the home
land and think it would be nice
to go back and be with my
family in Germany again. In
order to do that must learn to
speak German again and won
dered where to go. Finally I
went to a German newspaper
and they told me about the
Weckruf. I came to the office
here, met Gissibl and he told
me about the Bund and its
activities.
Herr Heberling and the
German consul decided I am a
German citizen and so Joined
the Deutscher VolkSbund in
stead Of the AmerikadeutScher
BolkSbund." CThe latter is for
American citizens or prospec-
tive citizens, while the Deut-
scher VolkSbund is limited to
German citizens who Go not
plan to become AmericaHs)
THAT is most unusual
case" Babe comments when I
finish.
"A Most Unusual Case"
The subject Of spies came VI
in a discussion of a former BunC
member who was labeled a com
munist when he stopped in at thu
"Haus Vaterland" a few night
before. The four Of US are sitting
at a table during the week.!
Saturday night dance at BunC
headquarters. Frau MattheS. wifi
Of the storm leader. sits with III
when she is not dancing with
Bund members.
In the midst Of laughter, I re
mark that maybe I am a spy.
What if you are a spy?" Mat
theS asks. What could you
find out? There is nothing here
to find out"
I agree, thinking at the samt
time Of the many things 7 havt
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
Ugly Looks Recalled

I am one Of the o. D. men the
fuehrer refers to when he talks
about leaving the main group Of
troops and going home alone after
reaching the Pennsylvania station
in New York when returning from
Camp Nordland the previous Sun
day. I did get some ugly looks
from passengers on the subway
that night, but that was as far as
it went.
The Nordland celebration marks
official opening of the elaborate
camp set in the hills of Sussex
county, New Jersey. march and
stand with the troops for two hours
under a hot sun that day, hear
a half dozen speeches and the reel
tation of a poem by Hans Muenz,
dramatic coach imported from
Germany, to provide shoWmanship
at the Bund'S affairs.
Muenz, whom Bill Mueller and
have labeled "der lirica" after
seeing a German movie in which
a poet figured as the hero, is a
young German with wavy brown
hair who is good looking in an eff
Terminate way. He is an actor,
through and through, and one day
at Camp Siegfried appeared dur
ing the day in four different
changes of clothes, including blue
swimming trunks and blue sweater,
white trunks and white sweater
and a canary yellow polo shirt.
His "Career" as Speaker
At Nordland that day I talk with
Carl (Papa) Nicolay again about
my career" as a Bund speaker.
I tell him I have been studying a
raft of "confidential' material he
gave me when visited him at his
home in South Brooklyn.
81 have some good news for
you," Papa says in his officiouS
way. Il have had a conference
with BundSfuehrer Fritz Kuhn
about you and he is very en-
thusiastic about having you as
Bund speaker in English. He
told me that after have looked
over your first speech, I should
show it to him. He wants to
read it so he can also learn
about your possibilities. So you
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
Americans "LoUe 1t"

In Germany, all young people
are forced by the state youth law
to become members of the Hitler
Youth or the League of German
Girls and undergo National So
cialist schooling. American chill
dren of Bund members Glove the
fight" in the words of the national
leader, Theodore Dinkelacker, and
The Washington times., 1937-09-20
U. S. NAILS BEAT
SPIES, METCALFE
TOLD BY LEADER
Writer Tells of Service
As Alien Trooper

flames J. MetcGste, former
Oman tOho became a DeutScher
VolkSbund storm trooper under
the name of James ObertDirder,
today starts a story of his erper-
fences In the alien GrmyJ
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-14
Marcel Thil Likes His Win Rouge
By DAN PARKER

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