The Washington times., 1938-10-12

(Ordnung- -Dienst) said only two
or three members Of the East
Department were in American
military service.
Hoover's men, however,
swarmed through many Of the
so local city bunds throughout
the country and discovered
ample evidence to the contrary.
They reported:
Ten members of the Astoria,
Long Island, local bundlet were
IN Army service, four in the
Coast Artillery and six in the
National Guard. Four mem
bers Of the South Brooklyn,
N. Y, local were in the Regular
Army. Three in Detroit were
or had been in Army service;
Jamaica, Long Island, one in
the Marines; Oakland, Califor.
mia, two or three in service;
Petaluma, California, two IN
the National Guard.
Other similar evidence was
mentioned. but the report made
no effort to reach q total esti-
mate as complete evidence was
apparently unavailable.
However, one agent dug up
instructions issued to locals by
the Bund national commander
advising that members Of the
American Legion and National
Guard are to be welcomed as
members and induced to join"
Keep Close Watch
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE told
~ the Omen it is keeping a
close watch on West Coast
bundlers in view of evidence in
dicating Germans there are CO.
operating with Japanese in
espionage activities"
A Mr.. v B is men,
toned in this connection as hav.
ing hired a house overlooking
the naval base at San Diego.
Later he moved to a hotel with
a controlling view Of the base.
G-agents said it was known he
had been in touch with Nazi
ships, with Nazi and Japanese
conSulates and that he main
tanned an intimate contact with
Japanese and Nazi espionage
agents"
Stronger in East
uOOVER'S agents found the
IL American Bund is organized
along lines and under names
Hitler has used in Germany.
There are three departments
known as "Gaus," one for the
East, one for the Midwest, the
third for the West. The depart
ments are divided into districts
known as "Bezirkes" and these
in turn into locals known as
"Ortsgups."
The G-men estimate was that
the Bund had 6,617 members
when they made the survey, al
though Bund Leader Kuhn told
them he had 8,299 and claimed
he was right because he was the
only one who had access to all
the data.
Checking up on him, however,
they could not find any evi-
denCe Of locals in Baltimore,
Fort Wayne, Concord, N. H;
Salt Lake City and Washington,
D. c., as claimed by Kuhn.
Checking confirmed Fuehrer
Kuhn's estimate that the bulk
Of the organization is in the
East, around New York, but
indicated he had fewer mem
bers than he claimed. Kuhn
claimed 1924 in that depart
ment; the agents could count
only 1929. Kuhn's estimates OF
the Midwest department mem
bership was 1870 and West
zoos; while the agents clocked
only 1.546 and 542. respectively.
But no wolves could be de-
tected near the Bund door. The
report said the Bund was then
raising 100000 to build a
national headquarters in New
York. It was then sponsoring
four newspapers under the
same name, der DeutsChe
Weckruf und Beobachten," in
New York, Philadelphia, Chi
cago and Los Angeles.
G-men were told that a Ger
man diplomatic official here,
now transferred, received from
Germany a fund Of $4,000, 1000
for work in propaganda and
espionage fields.
Bund Meetings
MUCH Of the IL volumes Is
AVA taken UP with reports on
Bund meetings: like one in San
Francisco where a consul was
quoted as saying: Military
awakening Us the corner stone
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