Evening star., 1939-12-03
BY TOM and HARLE DAMMANN.

BY TOM and HARLE DAMMANN.
! BUCHAREST, Rumania-We shall
always remember Herr Dr. Wiessen-
felt. His Is the fairest, most objec-
tive Nazi we have known. He can
laugh, too, and that is an unusual
thing, indeed, for Nazi.
One night in Bucharest the herr
doctor was telling us about the con-
ditions of the German minority in
Rumania. He told us of its history
how some Germans, the Saxons,
have been in Transylvania for 800
years.
They're a very happy people" he
said. '"They are, most of them, well
of, have a good deal Of property
and completely control the business
in their towns. There are some i'm
portant Germans right here in
Bucharest; bankers, business men
and such, all very highly respected
Perhaps you don't know that among
the most important German literary
people in the whole world are three
right here in Rumania."
Hitler Made Things Different.
"How do these Germans feel about
Naziism?" we asked.
"Oh, we'll naturally, they like 1t
very much" he replied. Before the
leader came to power they had to
fight for their rights. Now Hitler
has made things different"
do they have any trouble with
the Rumanians?"
mo so much" WiesSenfelt grinned
"You know the Rumanians aren't
going to do much against them now
that Hitler is so powerful. OF
course, they are jealous of the Ger
mans because they're 50 influential
in business. They are trying to push
the Germans out of their position
and, in a way, they are succeeding
because they have many more chill
dren than we. But it really isn't
fair because the Germans are the
most intelligent and industrious
people here. We deserve what we
have"
That's always the way in life, D
he added. The clever, industrious
people get to the top and the others
who are jealous, try to throw them
out. Some times they succeed"
Like the Germans have done to
the Jews in Germany?"-we couldn't
resist the opening.
The Herr Doctors silence was as
effective as bomb explosion. AT
last he turned to a friend, letting
out a gusty splutter of words.
What are you saying, Herr Doc
tor?" we asked.
well, to be honest" he turned
his charming smile on us, that's
the first time I've ever thought OF
it in the light you suggest. You
have made a good point. I must
think about it."
Only q Cub Reporter.
From the Herr Doctor" part Of
his name you might think that our
friend is a genial old gray-bread
On the contrary, he Is a cub re-
porter younger than we and his
title-we never learned his first
name-is merely evidence Of his
degree in journalism. recently OBJ
tanned at the University of Berlin
Germans go in for academic titles
They seem to connote a certain de-
sired class distinction, and so oul
friend was always called Herr Doc
tor. He halls from one of the many
fair-sized industrial towns located
on the Rhine between Cologne and
Dusseldorf. After q year OF train
ing. in Berlin, he was sent to Buch.
syest M oaespf the assistants in
the aloRE DNB .(otncial German
news AGENCY Office.
One day We met him in a grocery
store, He was buying coffee and
tea in quarter pound lots.
Going to smuggle some home tc
the family?" we laughed.
We'll. not exactly. A friend is
going home tomorrow and he will
take this to my family. They'll
be happy to have it,"