Evening star., 1942-02-21
Witness Says viereck
Called Nazis Here
From Lundeen Office
Senator'S Ex-sseretoy
Testifies PubIicist
Asked for Material
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

close of its case against George
Sylvester Viereck, charged In Dis
trict Court with conceaing propa-
ganda activities in his registration
statements as q German agent, the
record today bore testimony Of two
eyewitnesses who linked the late
Senator Lundeen, Minnesota Farm
er-Laborite, closely with the accused
publicist and author.
The trial was In recess today
until Tuesday. The Government
had not quite completed its evidence
at adjournment yesterday, but Spe-
cial Prosecutors William Power Ma
loney and Edward j. Hickey, jr.,
indicated they probably would close
within an hour Tuesday,
Edward Corneaby. formerly secre-
tary to Senator Lundedh, testified
late yesterday to watching Viereck
telephone the German Embassy
from the Senator's ONCE. Mr..
Corneaby said he heard the defend
ant direct some one at the Embassy
to get some material over as soon
as possible. This was late in March,
1910, the witness said, and he heard
Viereck say Monday would be "all
right"
Envelope Arrives.
On Monday, March rs, Mr.. Come
ably said, he was in his ONCE, and
q messenger arrived with a letter
in an envelope bearing the return
address of Hans Thomson, then
Charge d'Affaires Of the German
Embassy. 1t was addressed to
Viereck. but when the messenger
was told Viereck was not there, the
witness added, he agreed to leave
1t for the Senator. The Senator was
out, said Mr.. Corneaby, and he
opened the envelope and found on
thin paper material which later ap-
peared as a speech by Senator
Lundeen entitled Lord Lothian
Against Lord Lothian" (The late
Lord Lothian was British Ambas-
sador to the United States)
Mr.. Corneaby said he clipped the
envelope together and left it on
Senator Lundeen's desk. The wit
ness identified a passage in a later
issue OF the Congressional Record
containing the material which he
had read land a great deal more"
Prosecutor Maloney then showed
the witness booklet bearing the
title, Lord Lothian Against Lord
Lothian" which, previous evidence
had indicated, was printed by Flan-
ders Hall. a publishing firm to
which Viereck had advanced $22,-
500, according to its books. Mr..
Corneaby said he had examined the
booklet and it was substantially
the speech Senator Lundeen gave
In the Senate and it contained much
Of the material which originally
came from the German Embassy.
Mr.. Corneaby said he left Sena-
tor Lundeen's employ April l, 1910,
and in May returned to Washing
ton from Minneapolis. On one OF
several visits he made to Senator
Lundeens ofice, the witness said,
he found Viereck there, and Viereck
went into the Senator's private Of
fice, leaving q brief case behind. Mr..
Corneaby said he opened the brief
case and found . manuscript called,
Putting It Over"
The material in this manuscript
the witness identified in portion OF
the Congressional Record for June
II. It was embodied, Mr.. Corneaby
said. in a speech by Senator Lun-
deem, interpolated by remarks from
Senator Holt, Democrat, Of West
Virginia.
Mrs. Gordon Spielman, formerly
a clerk in Senator Lundeen's ONCE,
testified that she had seen the
Senator and Viereck going over the
manuscripts of speeches on several
occasions. Her particular JOB, sne
explained, was to type speeches, and
she had a special room across the
hall from Senator Lundeens regu-
lar offices. viereck often came to
her once, to discuss speeches, she
said.
Speech Returned Changed.
Mrs. Spielman testified that on
one occasion she heard Viereck say
to the Senator in regard to a speech
manuscript:
"Iye tried to phrase this as best
I could in the manner IN wnicn
you speak"
Mrs. Speilman said she did re-
search work for some Of the speeches
and she described one manuscript
she and the Senator had prepared
and submitted to Viereck.
when it came back 1t was
changed all around" she added.
Special Prosecutor Hickey also
brought out from this witness that
several times she got George Hill.
formerly a clerk in the once OF
Representative Fish. Republican. OF
New York, on the phone and senator
Lundeen' and then .Viereck talked
to him. She said she heard Viereck
discussing with Hill over the phone
a mailing list for the speech called
"Six Men and War" which has
been high lighted in the Govern
ment's case.
Corroborates Hill Testimony.
This corroborated, in part, the
testimony of Hill, who said Senator
Lundeen and Viereck arranged Tor
him to use Mr.. Fish's mailing list
of 125 900 names to send out the
speech under the Senator's frank.
Hill is under sentence of two to six
years for perjury before the grand
jury. -.
Mrs. Speilman said that one time
she saw Viereck debating in Senator
Lundeens office to the Senator'S
personal stenographer.
Representative Fish, who testified
at a fiery session yesterday, neither
admitted nor denied that he had
introduced Viereck to Hill. as Hill