The Washington times., 1938-10-05
DICTATOR PLOT
IN U. S. BARED'
At DIES PROBE.
Allen Groups Uniting,
Says Investigator
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ment that the Mccormack un-
American activities committee IN
1884 heard similar charges that
Fascist Italian officials here were
active in spreading Fascist propa-
ganda.
"The committee transmitted
its report and the evidence to
the State Department for a
complete investigation" said
Metcalfe.
I'VE have had no occasion to
fnid out whether the State De-
partment made the inveStlga-
tion," said Dies. THE commit
tee will consider the matter"
ARMS PLOT Barred
Metcalfe testified plans were
formulated secretly at the national
convention of the German-Ameri-
can Bund in New York in July,
1887, to set up pistol and rifle
ranges for storm troopers.
Diverting from this line Of test1-
mony, Metcalfe presented a copy
of a Berlin newspaper Of August
20, 1898, stating that the oath OF
allegiance to Feuhrer Hitler was
taken by persons from America
and other foreign lands at Stutt-
CART.
The conference at which the
oath was taken, he said, was con-
Quoted by the foreign institute
He said so Americans took part
in this annual meeting OF Ger
mans living abroad.
"NEED MEN LIKE HITLER"
Detailing the alleged efforts to
unite Nazi Fascist groups, Metcalfe
said that Newton jenkins has ad-
dressed Bund meetings and in an
article said America needs men
and women like Hitler to stir her
from her lethargy."
Metcalfe quoted Fuehrer Her
man Schwarzmann of the Astoria
IN. " Bund as telling him that
Jenkins planned to unite 125 ma
tional organizations under a third
party banner.
Supporting his charge, Metcalfe
said UkrainianS in greeniSh-broWn
shirts, Fascist, and other similar
groups have participated in Bund
meetings.
LAGUARDIA TARGET
He quoted Rudolph Heupel,
said to be an active Detroit Bund
member, as deriding the jenkins
plan on the ground that the groups
are too young. However, he added,
Herr Vogt, Los Angeles Bund
member. backed the merger pro-
posal. He quoted Willie Kendzia,
secretarytreasurer Of sthe Los
Angeles Bind. as supporting the
third party move and adding that
then there wouldn't be that King
Kong in New York-LaGuardia.
California Bund leaders also
told this investigator that they
were in close touch with the
Gold Shirts of Mexico, who re-
portedly we're planning Fascist
revolution" said Metcalfe.
Hans Diebel, Los Angeles
| Bund member, declared two Mex
lean army officers, one general,
visited Los Angeles Bund head
quarters late in July" said Met
calfe.
MEXICAN REVOLT NEAR
He quoted Arno RiSse Of the San
Gabriel, Calf, Bund post as saying
the Ku Klux Klan, Silver Shirts
and Gold Shirts were working with
the Bund. He also quoted RiSSe as
saying that the Gold Shirts OF
Mexico have 100000 members and
are getting set for a revolution.
Metcalfe said James Hicks, OF
Chicago, an organizer of the Ku
Klux Klan a decade or more ago,
told this investigator that the
Klan today has risen again to a
membership of 100000"
Josef Santi, Italian BlackShlrt
leader in the United States, told
him the Fascists should join with
the Bund. He quoted Arno Risse
as having told him Leon Trotsky
exiled Soviet Russian leader. is
behind the Gold Shirt movement
in Mexico.
Metcalfe quoted Henry Lage
leader of the San Francisco Bunc
post, as having told him the Buno
gets some support from the Silver
Shirts and the Klansmen. He
quoted Henry Ringler, Pittsburgh
Bund member, as saying the
Italian Black Shirts of Pittsburgh
are cordial to the Bund and ex
pected to march with them in the
future. Anton Kessler, leader ol
. the st. Louis Bund, told him, Met
calfe said, that the Silver Shirts