Evening star., 1942-02-17
Viereck
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NCOflClIluSQ from farSC taReD
Lundeen. from which it was de-
hvered to the defendant, Viereck.
Speech Reprints Cited.
Prom the Embassy to the Con-
gressional Record in one week and
thence to Flanders Hall is the record
we will prove" the prosecutor added
He described Flanders Hall as q
publishing firm at Scotch Plains
N. j.. financed with German money
by Viereck.
The prosecutor also said he would
show that Viereck wrote a speech
called six Men and War" which
Senator Lundeen delivered in the
Senate. and that 125,0OO copies were
reprinted at the Government Print
ing Once "at the expense Of the
American taxpayers"
Mr.. Maloney added:
This was done by an arrange
ment between defendant and Repre-
sentative Hamilton Fish. There were
125 900 copies mailed to Mr.. Fish 8
private mailing list, which he had
obtained through an organization he
started-the National Committee to
Keep America Out of War;
Speeches Cited.
Altogether, Mr.. Maloney said. Vie
reck wrote three speeches for Sena-
tor Lundeen.
Witnesses will tell you" the
prosecutor promised, how matter
first printed in the Steuben News.
organ of the Steuben Society, and
the Gaelic an Irish
newspaper, and even one of Hit
ler's own speeches found their way
into the Congressional Record"
The prosecutor said he would
prove that George Hill, one of Rep
resentative Fish's secretaries. or
dered more than 800, 900 copies Of
viereck propaganda printed and
sent out under Congressional frank.
Hill has been convicted of perjury
in connection with the grand jury
investigation Of Nazi propaganda.
Mr.. Maloney said OF Senator
Lundeen: 1T gives me no pleasure
to stand before you and talk about
man who is dead. But facts are
facts. For the first time, you ladies
and gentlemen and the American
people will learn the truth"
Defense Objections OverruIed.
During his opening statement Mr..
Maloney was interrupted repeatedly
by Emil Morosini, defense counsel,
who charged the prosecutor with
trying to inject evidence into the
record under the guise of an OPEN
ing statement and attempting to
prejudice the jury. Justice F. Dick
inson Let's overruled (he motions,
though several times he cautioned
the prosecutor to confine himself
to an outline Of his case.
The book concerning Lord Loth-
ian, Of which the prosecutor said
Senator Lundeen and Mr.. Viereck
together drafted the original man.
uscript," bore as author the name
of James Burr Hamilton. This was
Viereck alias, Mr.. Maloney said.
The prosecutor said the Govern
ment would show that Viereck Or
ganized several committees with
Understanding. patriotic names" ="
including the Make Europe Pay War
Debts Committee and the War Debts
Defense Committee. The defendant
also was said by Government coun-
sci to have been instrumental in
organizing the Women's National
Committee to Keep Us Out OF War.
Defense counsel objected when
Mr.. Maloney declared that the de-
fendant was carrying on his "in-
famous activities" at 305 Riverside
drive, New York, and the court
suggested that the prosecutor stick
to facts which he intended to prove.
Hill Called 'Dupe.'
Referring to the alleged connec-
tion of MIR. Fish with the mailing
OF the speech called six Men and
War" which Senator Lundeen de-
hvered, the prosecutor said:
This poor dupe of a clerk named
George Hill was the instrument to
mail them out"
The prosecutors only direct ref
erence to Representative Fish was
his statement that the Govern
ment would prove that this propa-
ganda was mailed "by arrangement
between the defendant and Mr..
Fish"
The defense. it was disclosed to-
day, has subpoenaed Secretary Of