Evening star., 1941-11-11

This is the last of a series
OF three articles In 1Dhich
Frenchman recently arrived in
Ne,u York-his name must be
,Dithheld because he has rela-
tues still Hving in Frdnce-dis-
closes hitherto, untold details
about the Ndzis' conduct in Paris
and the French resistance to
them.
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM,
| Correspondent of The Star and North
American Newspaper Alliance.
NEW YORK, Nov. LIT would
be interesting to find out what the
large number of Europeans with
| slightly German accents, and wholly
Germanic SympathieS. are now do
| ing in the United States The speak
er is Frenchman who recently fled
from NaZi-occupied France for per-
manent residence in this hospitable
country.
Some of the faces of the supposed
refugees and European business peo-
pie are painfully familiar to my in
formant.
Il saw them in France just before
May, 1910. And I've seen them here
recently. They are serving the Nazi
government
Among them is world-famous
Partisan dressmaker, feminine gen.
der TO explain the position of this
woman says the Frenchman. II
must explain the present situation
OF the French dress industry After
the German invasion, most of the
big French fashion houses were
dead. This caused enormous unem-
ployment. A committee was set up.
headed by Lucien Lelong. to discuss
questions with the German govern
ment and Vichy.
Leaves U. S. Freely.
I'm June. 194l, all clothes in
France were rationed. Everyone re-
ceived 80 tickets to last until jan
uary. 1912. A suit. in the ordinary
shops. takes from IA to IS coupons.
But in order to keep the big dress
houses going-and at the moment
these still retain 80 per cent of their
employeS-it was decided that Gus
toners patronizing shops like Le-
long, Schiaparelli. Patou. Worth and
Maggy Rouff, should only give about
six coupons for a suit. In this way
they could buy more and give en-
plovment to more people"
The system was working we'll. In
spite OF certain cry Of privilege
for the rich" when the dressmaker
mentioned above collected for her
self a clientele Of wealthy wives OF
German officers. Mrs. Hermann
Goering was and is a regular buyer
at this swank dress salon.
Because Of her German connec-
tion,' said my informant. this
dressmaker was allowed much more
than her quota of materials, etc.
and Is able to 60 in and out OF
France as she pleases. A year ago
she spent several months in the
United States. presumably on dress
making business, but perhaps to get
information about this country
which she passes on to the Germans.
She had no difficulty in leaving
America to return to France. And
back in Paris she called the Ameri-
cans and the British every harsh
thing she could think of.
Credulous Are Victimized.
"You can imagine my surprise, on
arriving here a few weeks ago, to
find this dressmaker in New York.
She is now on her way to South
America, maybe to preach the doc
trine of collaboration with Ger
many. Her exit permit from France
was procured for her by Mrs. Goer-
ing!"
Most of the new crop of Nazi
agents in this country are here,
according to my informant, to buy
up the property of United States
nationals in occupied and unoccu-
pied France.
There are still large numbers Of
American citizens who own shares
and bonds in sound French con-
Tn AVET