Evening star., 1940-11-21
Economic Drive
Plotted by Nazis,
Dies Charges
Work of Pro-Germun
Groups Revealed in
500-Poge Report
Bv JAMES f. CHINN.

Activities OF the German govern
ment in this country are not de-
voted solely toward propaganda and
so-called military espionage but
also have penetrated into our eco
nomic structure. the House Commit
tee on american Activities
charged today in a report described
as a preliminary digest" of sub
versive operations Of various Nazl
organizations and individuals.
The report, covering about 500
printed pages. contained 267 pages
of eXhibits-photostat reproduce
tionS of correspondence kilograms,
radiograms, bank deposit slips. etc
seized by committee investigators in
various parts Of the country.
The report also charged that the
Nazi government has been engaged
in the sighted policy Of pene-
trating into the economic structures
of Central and South American
countries, and added:
1t is true that evidence before
this committee up until the present
time is nor all conclusive. 1t must
be kept in mind that this lnvestiga-
ton of the aspect of German actlv-
tiles was pursued in a collateral
fashion"
German Groups Named.
The report pointed our that the
committees Investigations in the
New York area were directed toward
the activities Of the Transocean
News Service. the German Library
of Information. the German Rail-
roads Information Office and the
American Fellowship Forum. to-
gether with the individual activities
Of Dr.. Frederick Kertess of the
Chemical Marketing Co. and Dr..
Frederic Ferdinand Auhagan. de-
SCribed as guiding light of the
American Fellowship Forum
Dr.. KertesS, the report declared IS
an American citizen, and his firm Is
classified as an American concern.
And following is this statement:
The evidence in the possession Of
the committee. however, disclOses
that Dr.. KertesS and his firm have
and are engaged in activities which
tend to show that their allegiance
to the NaZi government is Of prime
Importance. to the exclusion of any
other country.
Ready for War"
AT this point in the report is an
exhibit purported to be copy of a
cablegram sent TO Germany BY Dr..
KerteSs. which reads:
"Schlosser: Hope you all well again.
Your No D. Together with friends
ready for war. After careful con-
sideration convinced able to protect
interest step by step including low
percentage"
Particular attention" said the re-
port. is drawn to the fact that this
cable was sent by DR.. Kertess on May
4. 1899. at least four months prior
TO the time that Germany declared
war. Here we have the picture Of an
American concern even at that early
date making the statement: To-
gether with friends ready for war
The questions that naturally
arise are how did KertesS know that
war was so imminent and. secondly,
why was it necessary to advise Ger
many at least four months prior to
the outbreak of the war that KerteSs
felt that he could handle the inter-
eStS of Germany satisfactorily?
1t is quite evident that Dr.. Ker-
tess. although now a naturaized
American citizen, plays a leading
part in helping the Nazi government
| TO achieve its purpose
News Service Cited.
The first part of the report is
devoted almost entirely to the
Transocean News Service. which has
an Office in the National Press
Building here. There are many
pages containing the text of alleged
correspondence exchanged between
Manfred Zapp, director of the serv-
ice, and German agents in this and
/ other countries.
Among the names appearing in
/ this correspondence are those Of
Continued on Page AS, Column H.
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