Evening star., 1941-10-08
Viereck
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I Al st Z hbt'F
livered on the floors of Congress
and elsewhere by present and for
mer members of both houses of
Congress and in order to place
matter for publication In newspa-
pers, radio broadcasts, periodical
and other media" in order to inf1u-
ence public opinion in this country
Mr.. bennett, who was executive
secretary OF the two groups. recently
was hailed before the District grand
jury and a large quantity of litera-
ture in the headquarters of the two
committees was conf1scated by JUS
tice Department agents.
In this material was a mass of
speeches by isolationist members of
Congress ready to be mailed out
under their congressional franks.
Accused Of Using Names.
One count of the indictment al
leges that Mr.. Viereck wrote and
edited articles dealing with political
subjects and had them printed and
distributed to magazines and news
papers under fictitious names. such
as James Burr Hamilton. George
F. Corners. Donald Furtherman
Wicketts. William L. Stidger and
DR.. Claudius Murchison for the
purpose of concealing the true iden-
tity Of the writer from the public. ."
DR.. Stidger Is a widely known
member of the clergy who has
edited articles on economic subjects.
Dr. Murchison Is head Of the Cotton
Textile Institute here.
Another count AYERS that Mr..
Viereck financed and directed Elan
ders Hall. Inc. Scotch Plains. NJ.
j.. publishing house, for the pur-
pose of publishing and distributing
political material through newspa-
pers, periodicals and pamphlets.
This count also sets out that under
the imprint of Flanders Hall va
rious publications were turned out
that were translations and adapta-
tions of material issued by Deutsche
1nformationsstelle of Berlin as well
as books and other materials print
ed and written in the United States.
including 'Lorth Lothian VS.. Lord
Lothian" The Hapless Beers"
Democracy on the Nile" ''Misad-
ventures In Scandinavia. War
Against the Women and Children, A"
THE Whipping Block" Turkey
Reborn" "Inhumanity Unlimited, {"
What About Africa?" and "Dou-
ble-Cross in Palestine"
Activities Omitted.
This material, the indictment said.
was all designed to influence Ameri-
can public opinion.
The indictment alleges that these
details of his activities were omit
ted from his original registra ton
statement filed with the State De-
partment under the Foreign Agents
Registration Act and from subse-
sequent supplementary registration
statements.
Mr.. Viereck, now 81, is a natural
lied American, it was said at the
Justice Department today.
The grand jury which returned the
indictment has been stuoying Nazi
propaganda for several weeks. Un-
usual precautions were taken in the
proceedings, the indictment being
handed into the court late yesterday
under seal and only opened after the
Justice Department had been ad-
vised this morning of the defendants
arrest.
Forced to Quit Club.
Mr.. Vierecks first registration
made In October, 1899, described him
as an author and journalist" and
gave his principal the Muenchener
Neueste Nachrichten, long-estab-
lished South German daily which
was transferred into a Nazi mouth
piece. The registration statement
gave his salary as $500 per month.
In December Of last year Mr.
Viereck resigned from the Oversee,
Press Club, an organization Of mer
who have served as foreign CORE
spondents. At that time Burnet
Hershey, executive secretary OF the
club, said the resignation was by
request because all kinds of Ges-
tapos and bundists used to attenc
our meetings with him.
Mr.. Viereck promptly denied the
charge, declaring:
There is no member of the Ges-
tapo or the Bund in my circle o1
acquaintances. l certainly brought
no such person knowingly to any
meeting of the club"
According to testimony in q Chi.
cago lawsuit in 1922, Mr.. vierech