Evening star., 1941-02-06
German Paper in i. 5.
Urges Resistance 10
Lease-Lend Bill
Text Of Article Calling
Measure Treason Put in
Congressional Record

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Congressional Record
The Congressional Record today
reprinted an article which appeared
on the front page of The Free
American Deutscher Weckruf, a
German-American newspaper, on
January 80, appealing to German
Americans to urge members of Con-
gress to oppose the lease-lend BILL
which it described as the treason
bill"
The article was inserted in the
Record by Representative Eber-
harter, Democrat, of Pennsylvania,
who described it as an insult" to
thousands of patriotic American
citizens whose ancestors came from
Germany.
Mr. Eberharter said his father
was born in Germany, but if he
were living today, he would resent
with every fiber of his being such
an insult to his intelligence and
such an attempt to segregate class
against class, nationality against
nationality, just as today I, World
War veteran, resent this from the
very innermost of my being"
The paper, Representative Eber.
harter said. is published in New
York City by the A. v. Publishing
Corp, Inc, of which G.. Wilhelm
Kunze is president.
Text of Article.
The article is headed You Ger
man-Americans." The text as it
appeared in the Record follows:
Show that you are Americans by
exercising your American rights. AS
you love the United States and its
institutions, let your protest against
the treason bill H. R. l776 be heard
in Washington. If you believe that
your Senator or Representative will
pigeon-hole it or consign it to the
waste paper basket, send it to Sem
ator Burton K. Wheeler
IF you can't send a telegram, or
letter just write a postcard:
"I am a voter and I take this
means to register my protest against
the passage OF H. r. 1776.'
Then sign name and address. Or
write:
las H. r. 1776 controvenes the
letter and spirit of our institutions,
I beg you to do your utmost to de-
feat the measure, however amended,
since it empowers the President to
make Britain's war our war
Called Betrayal to Republic.
"1t is your duty as loyal Amer
lean to do this unless you want your
sons to fight Britain's war. If mil
lion such protests pour in upon Con-
gress, they will not fail to influence
the fate of the proposed betrayal to
the Republic.
There is no emergency save such
as the President creates every time
he wants a free hand to use the
United States as pawn for Britain's
imperialistic purposes. The Tories
Anglophiles, interventionists and
international conspirators constitute
a minority bloc, but they control the
press, the radio and the screen.
The opposition, constituting 83
per cent OF the American people, are
helpless to make themselves felt ex-
cept by wiring and writing letters of
protest.
Free America of its dictators by
rendering them impotent to guide
has been our friend from our in
fancy. 1t has no designs on our terri
tory or our institutions, while Eng
land has been our constant enemy.
IF America should succeed in
helping England to win the war, the
would be drafted will be between the
3ritish Empire and the United
Gtates.
Don't be mollusk. Write today"
Same Mistakes, He Says.
Representative Eberharter de-
clared the Nazi propaganda machine
SIS making the same mistake today
IN its attempt to influence American
people that the Germans made 20
years ago.
Mr. Eberharter pointed out that
although the newspaper is named
The Free American" it is attempt
ing to influence the people OF the
United States. In other words, he
declared, this agent of Hitler does
not want any power given to the
President of the United States. He
wants this Congress to fail to pass
this measure and thus accede to
his wishes. This is Hitler's order.
This is Hitler speaking. He has the
nerve and the gall, in effect, to
name a gentleman who is in the
Senate of the United States as per-
hapS the leader of an effort to fol-
low the wishes of Hitler.
He calls upon the august Senator
from the State of Montana to lead
this fight and do his wishes. think
this should be resented. If pub
lication like that appeared in any
of the countries under the domina-
ton and heel of Hitler, those re-
sponsible for its publication would
not last one week"