The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-21
Nazi Embassy Leader Is Accused Of Plots
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agency), New York and Washing ton, be absolutely avoided"
 Tt is pertinent to observe" the committee said, that Thomsen was aware that Zapp's work in the United States was not easy, but that he, Thomsen, was quite willing to facili- tate the appointed tasks of Manfred zapp."
 The letter, the committee held, would indicate that the official rep- resentatives of the Nazi government in the United States were definitely interested in the operations of trans ocean news scervice and Manfred zapp."
 Document Published
 In support of it's charges that Ger many would seek to gear American business to Nazi economy following the present conflict, the committee published a document titled The Organization of German Industry in America After the War;" allegedly seized in the files of the Chemical Marketing Co.,, New York, which is headed by Dr. Frederick A. Kertess, an American citizen.
 The document proposed creation of board of trade for German Amer ican Commerce, Inc, in New York, with branches in other cities, to be affiliated with the German trade council and to be presided over by the local German commercial at- tache. A second organization, the American Group for Trade with Germany, Inc, was planned as the vehicle for making and cultivating personal connections be tw e n American manufacturers and anal ogous organizations in Germany" The plan also proposed creation of third organization, the German University League, Inc, which would foster an exchange of cultural and social relations between Germany and America"
 The plan was worked out in mi- mute details and listed proposed di- rectors and members of the various organizations, with Dr. Kertess rep resented in each group.
 Members of Board
 Listed as possible members of the board of trade directorate were c. F. Arenkiehl, Frank E. Gerdes, Gerhard ScheutZ, H. Greevnn, "a German-American attorney" Harry Hallesen, Kertess, and two repre- sentatives of German industrial firms" The memorandum proposed George F. Bauer, identified by the committee as leader in the Amer ican Fellowship Forum, as president of the Group for Trade with Ger many, and the following as directors How P. Ingels, Herman A. Kall- mer, representatives of General Mo- tors, cotton interests, the National Manufacturers association. and Na- tional Council of American Import CTS, A. O. Dawson, Kertess, William A. Schuyler, Dr. A. Scheurer and John R. Zellers of Remington Rand, Inc.
 Those suggested for directors of the University league were Dr. E. Kohl, Peter J. Kesseler, Richard kOcn ana LIT. kerteSS.
 German Bank Plan
 Another memorandum allegedly seized in Kertess' files embodies plans for "the founding of a Ger man banking institute in New York after the war" This memorandum set out that German business must reckon with. a negative attitude on the part of American banks after the war. It added that "it is fore gone conclusion that under these considerations there can be no friendly cooperation between Ger man and American banks. The Ger man institute was proposed to bridge" any 'barriers that might arise"
 This plan was drafted in detail with outlines of it's possible activi- ties, methods of organization and registration under the laws of the state of New York. with an initial capitalization of $5.000,000.
 ''The idea of a German bank, as proposed" the Dies committee said ''carries with 1t the concept that every German American citizen whether he be of native origin or of German descent, will find in this appeal the desire to place his funds in such a bank, or its branches and thus to give strength to the financial structure which Is here contemplated"
 "when it is considered that such an appeal can be made very effec- lively. to almost every German ir America it ls indicative ol