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mittee wants the absolute truth -
I'm telling the truth" Mss
vooros replied.
At camp Nordland. IN New
Jersey, she said, she couldn't
hold out any longer"
Reports to Leader
1T Was the immortality I saw
there and the food, abe continued
tcnsely.
"A South Brooklyn leader made
advances 10 me. I ran to Mr..
Dinkelacher and told him / didn't
like the way this man was acting
toward me.
He said what's the matter,
can't you take it,.
The routine II Camp Sordland.
Miss vooros said. was rigid.
On the night msrches,r she
said. we would leave At . and
not return until / o'clock in the
morning. and. boy, the scratches
we'd have. The more scratches
you had. the better, because that
was supposed to show leadership"
sent "a Germany
In the fall of 1897. she said, she
learned that a party OF is boys
and IS girls were TO be taken TO
Germany to receive instructions
in naxism 70 that We could come
back and spread Nazi propaganda
in the youth movement"
Miss vooros said after her selec-
ton she was cautioned to keep
the purpose Of the trip secret.
We were told not 10 say any
thing about It. not even to our
parents. and just TO say II was =
pleasure trip"
These instructions. she said.
came from Hugo Haas. former
N. Y, Bund leader, to
Theodore Dinkeiacher.
Givea Secret Letter
Before sailing she was given a
sealed letter by Frederick Van
denberg. Bund post leader In South
Brooklyn. who, she said. got II
from SEVERN winterscheidt. Win
ferscheidt WAS with the official
Bund paper. The letter was ad-
dressed 10 the German prcpa-
ganda office In Stuttgart.
Where Ia he now 20
''Ricker's Island. He's In prison"
Committee Counsel Rhea Whit
ley said winterscheidt had been
convicted In Brooklyn on q charge
Of endangcring the morals OF q
l0-year-old girl.
Name - Conceded
Members were cautioned, she
said. not to refer to Dinkelacher
by that name. but to call him Theo.
She was told his name would not
be on the Hamburg's passenger
list. Members were told not to
get together on the boat or to
wear their uniforms. for fear re-
porters might get wise"
Two days later, she went on. a
man called for the letter. and she
later learned he was the political
leader" on the boat.
Every German boat has two
key men on board" she explained,
political leader and 4 props-
gandaI leader
DO they see any Bund leaders
when they're in port ," Dies asked.
Tells Of Incident
oh, yes" she replied. land the
leader frequently sd-
dreases Bund meetings while the
ship II in port"
Continuing her description Of the
Miss vooros said:
Mr.. Dinkelacher Was found In
bed with one of the leaders the
sixth day. She was . girl only IL
years old. from the Bronx.
That wasn't very nice. and we
called = meeting Mrs. klapproth
called . meeting and told US not
to say anything about it."
She said the members Of the
party were told to stay away from
Joe Jacobs manager Of Max
SchmelinE, who was on the boat)
because he was 4 Jew. and 1t
wouldn't do W any good TO asso-
ciate with him."
Chairman Martin Dies. D.. Tex,
announced the committee would
attempt to weed out "immsterial
and unesscntiais information. He
said witnesses would be cautioned
against voluntary statements.
He made. no direct reference to
Thursdays testimony by Bund
Leader Fritz Kuhn, who volun-
teered during pause in question
ing. that Attorney General Frank
Murphy addressed Z bund meeting
In Detroit in 1886. Murphy said
he could not remember addressing
. bund meeting AS SUCH
Miss vooros testified she came
to the United States in 1926. enter
ing al New York. she said she
IL citizen. She joined the South
Brooklyn division Of the bund's
youth movement In May. 1897.