Evening star., 1940-04-02
Pe||ey Planned
Capital March,
Witness Says
Woman Agent Tells
How He Was to Be
Made White Kinq'
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
A blond secret agent for a former
House investigating committee testi-
fled today that William Dudley Pei
ley, the Silver Shirts leader, told
her he planned to lead a march on
Washington and become the white
King" of the country.
The witness, Miss Dorothy WarinR
of New York, appeared before the
Dies committee with Representative
Dickstein, Democrat, of New York,
who testified that Pelley had been
tied up with certain Army officers In
a Fascist effort to overthrow the
Government.
Explaining that she once had been
a secret investigator for a House
committee, Miss Waring said she
had met the Silver Shirt leader
while she was working as a secre-
tary in the New York headquarters
of "'The Order of ST." an organiza-
ton now disbanded.
She was on good terms with lead
ers OF the German American Bund;
she said she lived on Park avenue
in an atmosphere of wealth.
Appeared in Uniform.
One evening in April, 1894, she
related, Pelley came to her apart
ment dressed in uniform and wear
ing black boots. Bodyguards came
with him, she said, but after salts
flying himself that they were not
needed he dismissed them and re-
moved two guns from his person.
Thinking had a great deal OF
money she continued, "he took two
and a half hours trying to interest
me in supporting the Silver Shirts
He explained that eventually the or
ganization would march on WASH
ington-that he would be the die
tator of the country"
Miss Waring said strands of her
hair had been burned in a test,
which she passed successfully, to
determine whether she was 100 per
cent Aryan.
"Pelley told me-" she testified,
that his legionaires were armed"
Powers Ordered Cited.
Meanwhile, by vote of the House.
George Powers, Pittsburgh Com
munist leader, was ordered cited
for contempt of the House for re-
fusing to answer questions of the
Dies Committee.
Powers, secretary of district S of
the Communist party in Pennsyl-
Vanla. was the second PITTSBURGH
Communist to be so cited within a
week.
James H. Dolsen, also from the
pennsylvania city, was ordered to be
cited to the United States attorney
here few days ago.
Among questions which both re.
FUSED to answer were those con.
cerned with the identity of a Pitts.
burgh Communist who used Prank.
I'm D. Roosevelt" as his party pseu-
donym.
About the time the House cast its
voice vote on the powers of con-
tempt citation Chairman Dies of
the committee investigating Un-
american activities announced also
that similar action would be asked
oy the committee against a third
communist, DR.. Albert E. Blum
oerg, party secretary for Mary.
land and the District of Columbia.
Blumberg likewise refused to answer
various committee questions.
Representative Dickstein, vice
chairman of a former House investi-
CATION OF un-American activities, an.
peared voluntarily before the present
investigating group to declare:
I charge that he (Pelley) was tied
up with number of Army officers.
and I have evidence to prove it,"
Calls Pelley "Jew- Batter"
Declaring Pelley, Asheville IN. c.
publisher, was "Jew-baiter" and a
self-styled American fuehrer" who
hac spread more hate than any one
else in this country, Representative
Dlckstein asserted that Pelley's aim
was to replace the present United
States Government with one pat
termed after the Hitler regime in
Germany.
Il charge Pelley with being a mo.
tivating force behind the Fascistic
desires on the part of Army men
like Gen. Moseley to lead a revolt
backed by Army men against the
Government" he said in a formal
statement to the committee.
(Maj. Gen. George Van Horn
Moseley, U. S. A., retired, was de-
scribed by the Dies committee
last year as being active in con-
nection with various so-called
patriotic organizations. He tes-
tilted about his activities before
the committee.)
Mr.. Dickstein also presented to the
committee letters which he said
Capt. Samuel J. Rubley of Detroit,
identified as a National. Guard
medical officer, had exchanged with
lieutenants of Pelley.
One letter, bearing Capt. Rubley's
name and dated in October, 1888.
said a "Mr. Weber" had agreed to
turn over to Capt. Rubley for
military training men recruited for
the Ku Klux Klan.
Mr.. Dickstein had Representative
Kramer, Democrat, of California
identify documents which he said