The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19

brother-in-law of Foreign during the World War with Gen. eral Wilhelm Keitel, Chief of Staff, SO has no trouble ill getting his views across to Hitler.
 According to diplomatic infor- nation received here, wise Am bassador Dieckhoff passed the word to Hitler last winter not to answer any of the speeches or statements made by Roosevelt or any leaders of the Roosevelt Ad- nlinistration. To do so, he advised, would merely arouse the Ameri- can people.
 He also pointed out that this was an election year in the Uni ted States, when the public was more concerned with domestic politics than anything else, and that if Hitler ignored the Uni ted States and went out of his way to be conciliatory, there would be little danger of Amer ican intervention.
 In accord with this policy, no statements have come from Hitler regarding the United States ex- cept the very conciliatory inter- views given to Karl von Wiegand, in which Hitler emphasized the point that Germany had no inter- est in the Western Hemisphere. MYSTERIOUS DIR. WESTRICK
 Ambassador Dieckhoff also is reported to have advised that after the war was over, the Uni- ted States would be among the first to want to do business with Germany, and the operations Of Dr. Gerhard Westrick, now fa- nous Nazi commercial counselor, appear to be in conformity with that policy.
 According to New York busi- nessmen with whtom pr. Vest rick talked, he was preaching the idea, as early as last spring, that Germany would be ready to do business with the United States by Sept. 15. When New York bus inessmen laughed at the icea that the war would be over by that time, pr. Westrick is quoted as saying:
 "I am not a military man, so I can't discuss these things.
 But the people who ought to know in Berlin tell me that we
 can do business after Sept. 15."
 This was last spring, and New York businessmen told him to come back after Sept. 15.
 Later, when Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium and France, one by one, fell victim to Hitler, business leaders began to think twice regarding Dr. Westrick's proposals.
 APPEASEMENT IN WIND
 Dr. Westrick's argument has been that after the war is over Germany will need the United States, and the United States will need Germany. The two countries can cooperate. Hitler will rule all of Europe, and if the United States wants access to this vast market, it had best sec things the Nazi way. Furthermore, Ger many needs the benefits of Amer ican peacetime industry, while the United States has no need to de- velop a war industry in which Germany already is so proficient.
 Although Dr. Westrick is now slated to leave the auntry, re- ports from Wall Street indicate that a considerable amount of
 business appeasement is in the wind.
 NOTE-Torkild Rieber, who re- signed as head of the Texas oil Company because of his friend- ship with Dr. Westrick, was a lot closer to the Nazi-Fascist groups than leaked out. As early as March 1T this column quoted one of his conversations with War Minister Goering. Also when Gen. eral Franco's agent, Colonel Arto- nio Sang Agero, was in the Uni- ted States, Captain Rieber lent him an automobile, just as he did Westrick. Later he also gave the spanish F'ascist's son Q Job in Venezuela working with the Tex as Company.
 MORE NEPOTIsM
 In reporting recently on the nepotism activities of William II. McReynolds. member of the White House secretariat. the Washing- ton Merry 0o-Round failed to mention that Mir. Mcfaeynolds, in addition Co n dauRhter in a cuehv