Evening star., 1939-11-23
Vigi|ant Intelligence
Federation Denies
Nazi Connections
AssuiIs Chuirmun Dies,
Charges Own Group
Hos Been MoIiened
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 23-Harry A.
Jung, honorary general manager of
the American Vigilant Intelligence
Federation, with headquarters here,
made public yesterday letters to
Representative Martin Dies, Demo-
crat, of Texas in denial that he or
the federation had any connection
with Nazi organizations. Mr.. Dies
Is chairman of the House Commit
tee Investigating Un-American Ac-
tivities.
ours" Mr.. Jung said in the first
of his letters, "is still an Amer
lean organization, even if it has been
maligned by certain Congressman,
Communists and other experts
In this letter, dated October 25,
Mr.. Jung complained that his name
had been unfairly mentioned in
connection with letters made pub
lie October 81 by the committee
and said by Mr.. Dies to have shown
that Nazi propagandists were inter-
ested in promoting religious and
racial prejudice in this country.
Identified by Counsel.
Specifically, the letters were iden-
titled by Rhea Whitley, the COM
mittee's counsel, as correspondence
between Oscar C. Pfaus, writing
from Hamburg, Germany, as direc-
tor of Nazi propaganda agency
called Ficte Bund, and DR.. Anna
Bogenholm Sloane of New York.
In one of them. as made public
by the committee, DR.. Sloane spoke
of plans to start a paper called The
National American Patriot" and eX-
pressed hope that II persons she
then listed would be connected with
1t in the hope that this would link
together all patriotic movements
in the United States for the purpose
of recovering our country from con-
troll of the Jews" Among the II
she gave Mr.. Jung's name.
To this Mr.. Jung replied to Mr.
Dies that the federation never had
any correspondence with DR.. Sloane
"yet here is the intimation released
by you placing an entirely unjusti-
fable inference at our door, that we
are anti-racialists. This transaction
was eminently unfair ="
II have steadfastly refused to
have anything to do with any Nazi
organizations.
I'VE have had no contact whatso-
ever in any way, shape, manner OF
form with the bund."
Says He Has Been Fair.
In his second letter, dated No.
vember 20, Mr. Jung again said he
never had corresponded with Mr.
Pfaus or ANY one else about goins
on any publication board for ar
alleged Nazi magazine"
He added that Mr.. Dies had per
sisted in deliberate mendacity' II
the matter, and went on:
I've leaned over backward to bt
fair to the committee, but unless
this sort of thing is rectifled, I mus
confess my patience will become en-.
tirely exhausted and you'll force my
hand to put the committee on the
spot
Remember, I have the definite
proof that this organization went
out of its way to assist the commit
tee and waged vigorous campaign
to have its life continued with new
funds There are plenty of folks ir
this community who are we'll aware
of the fact that I went out of my
way to build you up for some of you
appearances here as a speaker.
That sort of thing isn't helping
you very much, especially in thi
area where I have been working TO
a quarter of century in opposition
to -Americanism and my recort
speaks for itself"