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ganda work from the State Depart
ment-the widow said she had never
heard the defendant make AN un-
American" suggestion to her hus-
band
Mrs. Lundeen said she had known
Viereck about three or four years
and the Senator had known him for
a longer period. She added that
Viereck had visited their home a
couple of times and she had seen
him in her husbands office a few
times.
Discussed Speech Together.
Mrs. Lundeen admitted she, the
Senator and Viereck had talked over
a speech on American
trade relations which Mr.. Lundeen
was to deliver before the German
American Board of Trade in New
York. But she added that the
speech was delivered extemporane-
without notes or manu-
script" A former employe of the
Lundeen office testified for the Gov
ernment that Viereck dictated a
part of this speech in the Senator's
office. ~
A speech also brought into the
Governments case on German
American elements was one of a
series, the widow explained, dealing
with contributions which people of
foreign extraction had made to this
country.
The Senator already had made a
speech on the Swedish elements in
America, Mrs. Lundeen explained.
and the German speech was similar
In nature.
by that I mean" she told the
jury, that he was dealing with
Americans of German extraction,
who they were and what they did to
help build this country to the great
Nation it is today"
In reply to the charges which two
girls formerly employed in the Sem
ator'S Office made to the effect that
they were required to kick back" a
portion of their salaries to Mr.. Lun-
deem. his widow said this money was
llot 1ol tllC AJCAldOOA . pei OOlldA oOS,
but was used so that he could hire
additional research workers for the
many speeches he was making the
last two years of his life.
Recessed Until Monday.
Mrs. Lundeen described a visit
from an agent of the Internal Rev.
enue Bureau. She said he had a
report that the Senator had been
collecting a part of his employees
salaries and using the money for his
personal funds.
Il was shocked" Mrs. Lundeen
said. Il knew it wasn't true. We
kept bookkeeping system that COW
cred all expenditures"
Mrs. Lundeen said she and two of
the Senator's employees searched the
files and found that the money was
not placed in her husbands per-
sonal bank account but all went for
research work
Mrs. Lundeen had not completed
her testimony when court adjourned
for the day. The trial was recessed
until next Monday morning because
the presiding jurist, Justice F. Dick
inson Let's, and the other justices
of the District Court are required
to attend a judicial conference dur
ing the next three days.
At the outset of her testimony,
Defense Attorney Emil Morosini had
Mrs. Lundeen identify a reprint in
the Congressional Record of a radio
speech she made in May, 1941, de-
Tending the late Senator against
attacks on his loyalty as an Ameri-
can. The attorney then read the
speech to the jury. In it Mrs. Lun-
deem replied to assertions made by
New York and Washington colum-
nists concerning her husband, who,
she said, had been cruelty SLAM
dered."
Friendly With Viereck.
Senator Lundeen, whose name has
figured prominently in the Viereck
trial because of testimony from three
former employees of his Office to the
effect that he was friendly with the
accused propaganda and that they
wrote speeches together, was killed
in a plane accident August 81, 1940
Mr.. Morosini sought through the
widow to impeach the testimony Of
Edward L. Corneaby, Senator Lun-
deems former secretary. Mr.. Cor
neaby testified to a close relation
ship between the Senator and Vie
reck.
Contradicting this witness. Mrs.
Lundeen said that when Mr. Cor
neaby was running for Congress at
the time of the Senator's death he
used posters and every available
means to advertise the fact that
he had been the Senator's secre-
tary, though he had left MI. Lun-
deems employ some months, before.
U. 8. Rests Its Case.