Evening star., 1940-11-22
Dies Report Says
5nubs in Virginia
Infuriated German
Letter in White Paper
Discusses Manfred Zopp's
Visit to Charlottesville
BY the Associated Press.

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By the Associated Press.
Manfred Zapp, New York corre-
spondent for the Transocean News
Service, was at times "enraged" by
his reception at Charlottesville, Va,
where he lectured July 13, 1889, to
the Institute of Public Affairs on
"The Position Of the Individual IN
Germany" white paper" issued
by the Dies Committee disclosed yes
terday.
Chairman Dies Of the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities
inserted in the report letter he
said Mr. Zapp wrote to the German
Embassy in Washington. The
Transocean News Service is Ger
man organization, not connected
with any United States news service.
The letter was quoted as follows:
1.-The public which attends the
meetings of the institute consists
for the great part Of members OF
American women's clubs and other
similar associations who interest
themselves in domestic and foreign
politics. The Importance of the
meetings of this institute lies less
in the reaction upon the audience
but rather in the echo which these
lectures evoke throughout the coun-
try. Usually these lectures are
broadcast over the radio: further
more, a resume Of the lectures is
carried in all the papers in the
country through the large press
agencies such as U. p. A. P. and
I. N. S.. and are there discussed It
is, therefore, much less the audience
upon which one has to make an
effect rather than the entire Ameri-
can populace.
Says Snubs Enraged Him.
when I arrived in Charlottes-
Vile found the atmosphere about
me as a German cold and negative.
Before my lecture I was cut every
where in such a way that it enraged
me as a German and I played with
the idea of not holding my lecture
at all I, however, conquered this
feeling and 7 openly explained to
the Americans before the beginning
of my lecture that believed had
not come to the right place if as a
German would have to speak be-
fore such a negative and hostile
group.
Then I began my lecture. I
found my audience extremely inter-
ested, but just as negative. The
discussion which followed In the
afternoon in the so-called "'round
table conference was sharp and
bitter. I found it unworthy as
German to stand before such hos
tile audience, but thought finally
of the example of the Fuehrer, who
also in his various meetings met
with the most bitter hostility and
later came out victorious.
THE questions were partly OBJ
jective, partly extremely hateful.
The bitter questions I answered in
just as sharp a manner and the
friendly questions in just so friendly
a manner. ."
Asked to Repeat Lecture.
"On the following day the radio
asked me to repeat my lecture. I
received calls from various people.
was approached by many who
wished to have information. I
personally had the impression that
was contributing much to an un-
derstanding of our situation among
those present although the meeting
was for me personally extremely
unfriendly and up until the time OF
my lecture almost degrading.
"It is almost a presumption to sit
In an auditorium which listens en-
Enthusiastically to speakers who open
ly demand war against Germany.
1t was for me extremely dis
agreeble to stand upon a platform
where the most vicious questions
were asked by an audience hostile TO
Germany and which had to be an
swered from this platform"
Mr.. Zapp said he had reached q
decision that 'if we wish to try to
keep America out of war, we should
not leave such important meetings
out of consideration and must at
tend them; for the people are hun
cry for information which the press
does not give them"
The press, he said, gives only ex-
cerpts describing the negative side
while q lecturer has the oppor-
tunity to show the great positive
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