Evening star., 1942-02-19
Hill Tells Jury
Fish Introduced
Him 10 Viereck
Witness Describes
Work Done for
Germon Agent
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.


BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Representative FiSh's, former
assistant secretary, George Hill,
testified today at the trial of
George Sylvester Viereck, regis
tered German agent charged
with concealing propaganda &C
tivities, that Representative Fish
introduced him to Viereck in the
summer of 1910.
The New York Republican mem
Der and the defendant told him,
Hill said, that 125 900 copies of a
speech which the late Senator Lun-
deem, Minnesota Farmer-Laborite,
had made were to be sent out on
Mr.. Fish's mailing list under the
Senator's frank
Hill told the jury and Justice r.
Dickinson Let's that Viereck gave
him Tip" of 500 after their first
conversation in the Office of Repre-
sentative Fish.
Hill, under sentence of two to six
years for perjury, did not testify at
his own trial.
Admits Meeting Viereck.
The perjury indictment was based
partly on his testimony before the
grand jury that he did not know
Viereck. He admitted freely today
various contacts with the accused
German propagandist
Tomorrow. Representative Fish is
to take the stand as a Government
witness.
The Government previously had
sought to establish that the Lun-
deem speech in question, entitled
six Men and War" was furnished
the late Senator by Viereck. Sigfrid
Hauck has testified that he saw
the speech in manuscript, and 1t
afterward was put out in book form
by his publishing company, which
was subsidized by Viereck to the ex-
tent of s22.50O.
Hill took the stand without ap-
parent nervousness, giving his an
swers clearly and firmly. He was
questioned by william Power Ma
loney, special assistant to the Attor-
ney General. After the witness had
identified himself, the questioning
thus proceeded:
@. Have you ever been convicted
of crime?
A. have.
@. What crime?
A. Perjury.
@. You are under sentence Of this
court. two to six years?
A. Yes. I am.
Circumstances Recalled.
@. You formerly were a secretary
in the Office of Congressman Hamil-
ton Fish?
A. I was.
@. For how long?
A. For 20 years.
@. Do you know the defendant,
George Sylvester Viereck?
A. do.
@. Will you tell the court and the
jury the circumstances under which
you met Mr.. Viereck and the date.
A. 1t was the first part Of July,
1910, in the Office of Congressman
Fish.
@. Tell the circumstances.
A. He came from the private Of
flee of Congressman Fish. Mr.. Fish
brought him in and introduced him
to me. Mr.. Fish said he wanted me
to send out a speech made by Sem
ator Lundeen on the mailing list OF
the National Committee to Keep
America Out of Foreign Wars.
@. What else was said?
A. Mr.. Fish left the room Mr..
Viereck asked me how large the list
was, and I told him 100000. He
doubted that it was that large and
attempted to convince him that
it was. He asked If there was any
other list we could use. I told him
we we're anxious to use who's Who
in America" but lacked the money
to have it copied.
@. Did Viereck give you anything
on that occasion?
A. Viereck gave me tip. He gave
me two bills, which I rolled up and
put in my pocket I did not look
at them at that time. but later I
found they were two $50 bills.
six Men and War"
@. What speech did they have
reference to?
A. I think he told me it was six
Men and War" He told me for all
details to contact Senator Lundeen's
office. He said they wanted about
125, 900 copies mailed out.
@. Was anything done about
who's Who in American"
A. Yes, I got three or four copies
from the Library of Congress and
put girls to work tipping them of.
G. How was the speech delivered
to you?
A. 1t was sent over to the House
Office Building from the Senate
Office folding room and stored In
the subway of the New House ONCE
Building. The envelopes were sent
to me.
@. How many did you mail out7
A. put out 125, 900.
@. Who paid for them?
A. Senator Lundeen paid me. He
paid me on two occasions, SIPS each
time.
Lundeen's Frank Used.
Hill, under further questioning,
said he had trouble getting in touch
with Senator Lundeen, and that
persons who had been employed to
get out the speeches wanted their
money. The witness said he wrote
viereck, and the defendant replied
he was "only the Intermediary" and
the Senator was to pay for the
speeches. A day or so later. Hill
recalled, Senator Lundeen paid him.
@. Under whose frank did those
speeches go out?
A. Under Senator Lundeen's frank,
Hill testified that on one occas;o 4
he gave Vie-cck a mailing list. sr
received - from the accused pro-
agand;c
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