The Washington times., 1937-09-17

BEER FLOWS FREELY
The main prize is round trip
to Germany but loyal storm
TROOPERS feel it is no more i'm
portant than a copy of Der Fueh-
rer'S account Of his struggle.
Rain holds down attendance at
the celebration which is sponsored
by the Nassau county and ia
macia ortsgruppen of the Bund
but about 300 men, women and
children are there. Beer flows
from three bars and an outdoor
garden is gaily decorated with
strings of colored lights and red,
white and black banners.
Stretched above the ste at
one end of the garden is a huge
sign in German which reads,
your homeland is the mother of
your life-never forget it," On the
side are huge swastika banners.
The formal speech program
opens with the "Star-Spangled
Banner" but it does not arouse
the enthusiasm displayed later
when Deutschland Ueber Allies"
and 'Das Horst Vessel Lied" Hit
Ter national anthem, are sung
with every arm outstretched.
Boys in brown trousers and
shirts and girls in dark shirts,
white blouSeS and brown ties
parade into the assembly room
with a fife and drum corps and
sing songs of Hitler land. They
march out but return later with
about SO uniformed Ordnrngs
Dienst and all stand Stiffly at at
tention in the center Of the hall
while Bundsfuehrer Fritz Kuhn
speaks.
Great Work Ahea.:
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"Hitler has shown the whole
world a new idea in government
"a good idea," the Bundsfuehrer
says. I'VE as American Germans
must stand with him like they are
doing in Germany. This doesn't
mean you can't be an American,
but that you must be a gooo
American German.
He says it is a thankleSs task to
attempt to teach the principles OF
national socialism in the United
States but 1.-The work you are do
ing is vitality important" because
of the dangers confronting the
country. The Bund, he admitted,
doesn't yet have the following 1t
should have among German
Americans, but don't be diScour'
aged, there is great work before
u.s.
The only English speech is by
George wilhelm Kunze, Philadel-
phia leader, who is in uniform. He
greets Bund members, German.
Americans and all white Ameri'
cans and draws a great cheer from
the crowd each time he mentions
the need Of saving the country
for white Americans" and GUST
ing "alien Jews"
"German-AmericanS represent
| IS per cent OF the population
and could control the policies
Of America if united" he says.
1--WE are too inclined to point
to the past and live on the glory
Of what great Germans like Won
Steuben and Carl SchurZ have
done for America instead Of
fighting the Jewish forces that
now control the country. The
true picture of the Third Reich
does not reach the people.
Lock at the advertisements
in the newspapers and you will
realize who controls the press"
Book Denounced
The battle will not be won, he
declares, until all means Of
moulding public opinion are re-
turned to those Americans whose
spiritual and moral ideals coin
eide with those of Hitler.
My copy of "Mein Kampf"
arouSes a storm of bitter COM
ment from a German carpenter
named Kluge who sees it in my
room a few days later when he
comes in to repair cabinet.
1.-THE fire is the place for that
sort of trash" he fumes. Il
was well-off in Germany before
Hitlers revolution, but I lost
everything. Hitler has provided
work for millions, but they all
are working at manufacturing
war materials and you can't
build a nation that way"
Kluge is one Of the many Ger
man-AmericanS for whom thu
Bund members have nothing bU'
contempt. The Bund newspaper
the DeutSche Weckruf, character
ICES the "German-American Ele
ment" Of Newark, N. j., which ad
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