Evening star., 1942-02-18
Jury Is Told Holt
Gave Viereck
Manuscript
But Former Senator
Withdrew Ii Later,
Witness Adds
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

Former Senator Rush Holt of
West Virginia gave George Syl-
veSter Viereck, a registered Ger
man agent and his associate in
a propaganda publishing venture,
a manuscript called Who's Who
Among the Warmongers," &C
cording to testimony brought out
by the Government in District
Court today at the Viereck trial.
The witness, Sigfrid Hauck, presi-
dent OF Flanders Hall, the New Jersey
publishing house which Viereck had
subsidized, testified that after the
manuscript written by the former
Senator had been put in type, Mr..
Holt withdrew it and gave it to
another publisher.
Mr.. Hauck testified to publishing
We Must Save the Republic" a
booklet by Representative Day, Re-
publican, of Illinois.
The witness described a visit with
Mr.. Holt in Washington at which
he was accompanied by Viereck,
who is charged with concealing
propaganda activities from the State
Department in registration state
ments. This visit took place last
May, the witness recalled. and he
said he and the defendant went to-
gether to MI. Hollis home or "the
place where he was staying in WASH
ington."
Two Manuscripts Ready.
Mr.. Holt, the witness recalled, had
two manuscripts he wanted pub
lished, one of which was the war
monger" work and the other with
some title Mr.. Hauck could not re-
member.
What did you and Mr.. Viereck
and Mr.. Holt talk about?" asked
Special Prosecutor William Power
Maloney.
we discussed Mr.. Holt's manu-
scripts" the witness replied. "I
explained to Mr.. Holt that we were
no rich and prosperous publishing
mouse and that we would require
some help if we published his
manuscripts. He agreed to buy a
certain number of the first book
81 900 worth, think it was. The
manuscript of Who's Who Among
Warmongers' was longer than those
we usually published and wanted
1t cut down. He agreed to advance
slOO to help pay for the revision" 4"
Was anything said about a mall
ing ist?" the prosecutor inquired,
Mr.. Hauck said he thought Mr..
| Holt said something about having
a mailing list to which he could
send the books.
Type Never Used.
The witness said that after the
manuscript of the first book was
withdrawn from Flanders Hall at
the authors request the type was
destroyed.
Mr.. Hauck testified that on the
occasion he and Viereck saw the for
mer West Virginia Senator the wit
ness had come to Washington alone
the previous day and had conferred
with Representative Day regarding
the publication of his manuscript.
Viereck, he said, came down from
New York the next day and they
stayed at the same hotel.
Mr.. Hauck testified, during a long
Interrogation concerning exploita-
tion of propaganda books which he
and the defendant were publishing,
that Representative Sweeney, Demo-
crat of Ohio, had mentioned one of
their books, titled The One Hun
dred Families That Rule the EN-
plre" British, in a nationwide
broadcast.
Publicity Man Hired.
The witness described Mr..
Sweeney's ''plpg' as part of the
service obtained from Prescott Den
nett, Washington publicist. former
chairman of the Islands for War
Debts Committee, who had been
hired to exploit Flanders Halls
books.
Mr.. Hauck testified that Mr..
Viereck turned over approximately
$4,000 to the publishing company
to defray the expenses of publish
ing manuscripts, most of which he
VeAo 80 11ohCO WIlClllCl ally
OF this money was paid back to the
defendant, the witness said between
$4,000 and $1,000 was.
Mr.. bennett was hired to exploit
anti-British and anti-war booklets
which were being printed a year
ago by Mr.. Hauchs publishing
house.
This testimony was given by Mr..
Hauck, who said Mr.. bennett
wrote later that he could supply
Flanders Hall with manuscripts to
be published, written by "promi-
nent Americans" who may have"
included members of Congress.
New York Meeting Described.
Mr. Hauck said he first met
Mr.. bennett at Viereck's Office in
New York during the winter of
1940-41. Mr.. bennett, the witness
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