Evening star., 1941-05-25
BY JAMES f. CHINN.

The Dies Committee last night
made public three documents
seized among records of the
German American Bund which,
it declared, show the organiZa-
ton is a highly militarized unit
patterned after numerous organ
izations Hitler set up in Euro
pean countries which served as
a vanguard for his blitzkrieg."
At the same time, the committee
reiterated a statement made in its
report TO the House last January
which claimed its exposure Of the
bund smashed" the NaZi movement
in this country even before it was
able to get under way
Jailing of Kuhn Cited.
Pointing out that Fritz Kuhn.
former bund fuehrer, and James
Wheeler-H former secretary
treasurer. are now in prison, the
committee said:
Our exposures have provided
thousands of innocent people with
adequate protection against the false
claims of the bund. 1t drasticallv
reduced membership and the fol-
lowing may now be held to consist
only of those whose loyalty is TO
Hitler.
When We begun our work. the
bund and score of NaZi-minded
American groups were laying plans
for an impressive united front fed
eration-a federation which would
be able to launch a first-rate Nazj
movement in the United States. b
our exposure of these plans. We
smashed that NaZi movement ever
before it was able to get underwav.'
The committee estimated
when it began investigation of
the bund in 1888 it had 100000
members and supporters. 5000 of
whom were uniformed storm
troopers
Hearings to Be Resumed.
Coincident with the disclosure of
the three bund documents, Repre-
sentative Starnes. Democrat. Of Ala
bama, acting chairman of the COM
mittee. announced that a special
subcommittee which he heads would
resume hearings at 10 a m. tomorrow
on the activities of suspected Com
munist front organiza tions to
which a number of Government en-
ployes in Washington are said to be
affiliated.
The star" witness tomorrow is
to be Richard Krebs who, under
the pen name of Jan Valtin. wrote
Out of the Night" narrating his
activities as a Soviet secret agent
in Germany The auther is facing
deportation proceedings on a charge
of illegal entry into this country.
Representative Voorhis, Democrat,
of California, member of the COM
mittee, has introduced bill to allow
him legally to remain.
The three documents, yesterdays
report of the committee declared,
were procured by duly constituted
authorities" from the personal ef-
fects of G. Wilhelm Kunze, who
succeeded Kuhn as fuehrer of the
German-American Bund when the
latter was committed to Sing Sing
Prison in New York State.
Documents Discussed,
The committee" said the report
has satisfied itself concerning the
authenticity of the documents"
Declaring the documents speak
for themselves" the committee
listed the following observations
concerning them:
l. They attest the ruthless eff
cheney" of the military setup which
characterizes Hitlers machine in.
Germany
2. The discipline to which mem
bers of the bund are subject lis
clearly reflected in the endless rules
and regulations which extend to the
minute details of the bund men,
bers' lives"
g. The bund organization clearly
anticipates violence by its assertion
that the o. D. man (Ordnungs
Dienst, or Storm Trooper give as
SuranCe that our movement will,
at the sacrifice of life if necessary.
remain the inexorable opponents of
Jewish MarXism :"
4. The bund extols the fanatic.
ism" which has characterized Hitler
and his movement in Germany : >"
"a clear espousal of the totalitarian,