The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-26
Domestic


Domestic
Last year Chicago Times Report
er John Metcalfe joined Fritz
Kuhn's { German-American Bund,
travelled 10000 miles attending Bund
meetings, then resigned to write a
startling expose for his paper. Di-
rect result was $25, 900 house COM
mittee on un-American activities,
which met last week under Texas
Martin Dies. After three days of
probing, un-Americanism reared its
colorful head everywhere from c. l.
o. headquarters to glamorous Holly
wood.
Ex-Bundsman Metcalfe told how
Fritz Kuhn organized 100000 Ger
man-Americans under instructions
from Adolf Hitler, how in return
Kuhn was given a whip hand over
'Germany's ambassador to the U. S.
He told of Chicago's 'Silver Shirts"
organized to smash Communism.
Ex-Bundsman Peter Gissibl told
how Nazi spies consorted with Ger
man-Americans, how the Red Star
line "fixed it" so spies could slip
back home when they got in trou-
BILE. But it was American Fedora
ton of Labor's John P. Frey who
tossed in the biggest bombshell and
caused c. I. O.'s John L. Lewis to
snort with rage.
Naziism is one thing, but Metal
Tradesman Frey promised to identi-
fy Several national c. I. o. Off
GERS" as Communists. Would he
mention John Lewis? Elbow could I
avoid It'll" replied Mr.. Frey.
The Frey disclosures had barely
started before Committee Investiga-
tor Edward Sullivan hurried into
Washington from California, anx-
ious to reveal how c. I. O.'s Harry
Bridges, Americas most famous
alien, attended top fraction meet
ings of the Communist party and
received aid from officials of the
U. S. labor department while patri-
otto citizens were trying to have
him deported for his Communistic
activities" @
Continued Investigator Sullivan:
witnesses can be produced who
can name the day when an official
of the immigration service contact
ed Harry Bridges and called him to
his office, where he read a con-
fidential letter of instructions on his
future behavior, written by an out
standing official of the labor depart
ment."
That Communist Bridges is
financed by Hollywood cinema stars
was Mr.. Sullivan's next charge.
Armed with this evidence, supported
by Unionist Frey, whose accusations
John Lewis seemed unwilling to an
swer, the Dies committee prepared
to remain in Washington two more
weeks. In New York they will pick
up more tasty rumors, then move
west across the nation to smell out
Communism a la Hollywood.
Foreign
Many years ago Germany's great
Bismarck fooled his opponents by
telling the truth, knowing they would
not believe. Last week, when Adolf
Hitler called 100000 reserves to the
colors for war games with mill
lion regular soldiers, all Europe be-
came jittery. But in Berlin there
was scoffing; If Germany planned
anything but peaceful moves, she
would have assembled her giant
war machine secretly. Remember
ing Bismarck, answering too that
secret mobilization on such a giant
scale would be impossible, Berlin's
nervous diplomatic corps sped the
news back home to Paris, London
and Prague There, these things
happened: =
~ In Prague, England's Lord
Runciman has spent fortnight
mediating differences between loyal
Czechs and their disgruntled fellow
countrymen, Sudeten Germans. SUI
detens want autonomy, eventual an
nexation by Germany. Was it pos
sible that Germany's mobilization
foreshadowed a quick annexation
move? As Premier Milan Hodza re-
iected a Sudeten demand for autono-
my, all Czechoslovakia became wor-
ried and Lord Runcirnan wished he
were back home. 'e.~
90 In Paris, where the govern
ments has also been having. trbu-
bic with Mussolini, French frontiers