Evening star., 1941-10-10
Fish Aide 0beys Court
Order 10 Deliver
Mail Bags 10 Jury
Socks Produced Against
Representatives. Advice
For Nozi Investigation

A number of mail sacks wanted by
q District grand jury investigating
activity of alleged Nazi agents were
removed from outside a storeroom
assigned to Representative Fish, Re-
publican. of New York and delivered
to the grand jury before noon today.
Finis Scott, House postmaster,
said the delivery was at the written
request of George Hill, second secre-
tary to Mr.. Fish. In a District
Court hearing yesterday Justice T
Alan Goldsborough ruled that Mr.
Hill should produce the bags by
noon today or explain why not. The
deadline was set after William
Power Maloney. special assistant to
the Attorney General, declared that
Mr.. Hill had not complied with a
grand jury subpoena requiring him
to bring the sacks.
The Justice Department claims
these bags came from the Office of
Prescott bennett, secretary of Make
Europe Pay War Debts Committee.
This organization, the department
asserts, received contributions from
George Sylvester Viereck, a reg
istered German agent who is sched-
uled to be arraigned here today
under grand jury indictment on
charges of withholding essential in
formation in his registration with
the State Department as an agent
of the Nazi government.
Mr.. Hill told reporters he could
make no comment today, since the
grand jury had told him to main
tain silence. But Representative
Fish reiterated his contention that
his secretary could not legally pro-
duce the bags, although he might
ask the House postmaster to send
them over on the postmaster own
responsibility.
Mr.. Fish said he advised Mr.. Hill
that since the bags have never
been IN your possession you should
not touch them"
Disappeared September 19.
The Justice Department contends
the bags were among 20 which dis
appeared from Mr.. Dennett's Office
at 143o Rhode Island avenue NV.
on September l9, a few hours after
Mr.. bennett was ordered to appear
as grand jury witness.
Mr.. Fish said Mr.. Hill sent a
House of Representatives truck on
that morning to pick up 500 copies
of Fish speeches, at Mr.. Dennett's
suggestion. The truck came back
loaded with mailbags which Mr.. Hill
refused to accept, according to the
representative. 1t is some of these
which were found outside Mr.. Fish s
locker. he believes
Mr.. Fish today called attention to
the fact that the bags have now
been lying unguarded and unlocked
for weeks.
Could Move Evidence.
''1f any one wanted to stuff those
bags with grand jury evidence he
has had every chance to do it," Mr.
Fish said. And If anybody wanted
to take evidence out of those bags,
there has been nothing to stop
him during these weeks"
He recalled that from the first
discovery of the bags outside his
locker, he has invited the Justice
Department to come and take them
away. Department officials have in
dicated several times that they were
on the point of doing so, but they
have not, on the grounds that they
have no authority to remove mail
from a House storage room.
Mr.. Fish suggested this morning
that the proper person to be sub
poenaed was the truck driver who,
he said, placed the bags on his
own responsibility. Investigator Ma
loney ridiculed this suggestion, tell
ing reporter that the bags were
in the possession of Fish, and Hill
did order where they should be
stored"