Evening star., 1949-01-25
Allies and SOW seeds of discomfort
and mistrust among them"
WeepS at KOischwitz Mention.

AllleS ana SOW SeeQS OF QlScOntent
and mistrust among them"
Weeps at KOischwitz Mention.
Mr.. Kenney said Miss Gillars
worked closely with Prof. Otto
Koischwitz, a high official of the
German radio. who travelled with her
everywhere she went to gather ma
tetfal for her broadcasts. Prof
Koischwitz is now dead, Mr.. Kelley
said. At the mention of Prof.
Koischwitz's name, tears welled into
Miss Gillar's black eyes and she
lowered her head and wiped them
away with her handkerchief.
Mr. Kelley told the jury the Gov
ernment would play during the trial
about 20 recordings of Miss Gillars'
propaganda broadcasts for the Nazis
and they could judge for themselves
how loyal she was to this Govern
ment.
In marked contrast to Mr.. Kel-
ley's statement was Mr.. Laughlin's
appeal to the jurH
This woman is the product OF
broken home" Mr.. Laughlin said
in voice which filled the court
room. LAS a small child she was
placed in one school and then an
other"
Tells of College Career.
He told how she majored in dra-
matics and public speaking and
"minored in philosophy" at Ohio
Wesleyan University, where she
came under the influence of the
first of the professors who played
SO large part in her later life.
The evidence will show" Mr..
Laughlin continued, that this Prof.
Newcomb not otherwise identified)
encouraged her to follow dra-
matte career. although her mother
told her that if she followed stage
career the door of her home would
be closed against her"
She followed Prof. Newcomb to
Cleveland when he left the univer-
sity and he introduced her to a
Jewish friend who paid her SIS a
week to sell costume jewelry in his
department store. At that time she
paid $40 a week for dramatic les
sons and tried to live on the re-
manning IS. The evidence will show
now she collapsed from starvation.p
Went to Greenwich Village.
From Cleveland, Mr.. Laughlin
said, Miss Gillars went to Green
wich Village in New York, joined
Actors Equity, and appeared in
several stage productions, most of
them one-night stands" He said
she appeared in a musical show,
My Girl" in Washington.
In 1888 Miss Gillars went to Al
2iers and later met her mother in
Budapest, Mr.. Laughlin continued.
Both went to Berlin, where the
mother returned home, promising
to send funds to her daughter to
continue dramatic studies. But the
mother had no funds when she re-
turned to Cleveland and Miss Gill
lars was left in Germany "on her
| own" Mr.. Laughlin said.
She was befriended, he continued,
by Mrs. Clara Trask, widow of
New York Times Berlin correspond
ent. Mrs. Trask came home in
1889 and again Miss Gillars was
lett in Berlin on her own, Mr..
Laughlin said. So she obtained a
job with the German Broadcasting
Co.
Passport Taken Away.
Before this country entered the
war, Mr.. Laughlin said, Miss Gillars
said she firmly believed that this
country shoud not get into it and
that President Roosevelt was de-
ceiving the American people"
She said no more and did no
more than thousands and perhaps
millions in this country did or said,"
Mr.. Laughlin said.
Because of these broadcasts, Mr.
Laughlin added, Miss Gillars' pass
port was taken away from her.
She couldn't leave Germany if
she wanted. to-" he said. She had
no passport and she had no money"
He said Miss Gillars never had
any contact with Hitler, Goering,
Goebbels "or any others of that un-
holy lot"
| He said that she always made it
plain to German radio officials that
she would ENTER into nothing hurt
full to . this country because she
valued her American citizenship
highly"
On many occasions, Mr.. Laugh
lin continued, Miss Gillars rejected
material because of evidence of
propaganda.
German Called to Stand.
Immediately after Mr.. Kelley and
Mr.. Laughlin finished their state
ments, Mr.. Kelley called as his first
witness Houben, formerly a high
official of the German radio.
A short man, about S feet 6 or 7,
he is Al, has brisk walk and speaks
English with a pronounced German
accent. He said he joined the Nazi
Party while he was in South Amer
lea for his government in 1882.
At this point, Mr.. Laughlin
jumped to his feet and told the
court that inasmuch as the witness
had admitted being a Nazi the court
should find out whether he believed
in God so it could determine wheth-
er his oath had any validity.
Houben said he did believe in
God. In January, 1889, Houben said
he became broadcasting manager
of the Overseas Service of the Ger
man Broadcasting Co.
Asked About Hitler.