A request that Walter Kauf, alleged bodyguard of Heinz Spanknoebel who will be sentenced in Newark today on charges of carrying concealed weapons, assault, and instigating a riot, be not deported has been made by Representative Samuel Dickstein, conductor of the House investigation into Nazi affairs.
“We would like to know just what Kauf’s connections with the Nazis were,” Mr. Dickstein said yesterday. “If he has facts that we should know about Nazi activities we shall never get them by deporting the man.”
In response to a letter from Common Pleas Judge Daniel J. Brennan asking what action Mr. Dickstein would recommend, the House investigator asked that deportation of Kauf be postponed for a few months.
At first it was believed that immediately after sentence had been imposed by the state court, the affair would be turned over to the federal authorities for action on deportation. It is now believed that Kauf will receive a jail sentence which will keep him in custody until formal action is taken by a House committee after Congress reconvenes in January.
Six weeks ago Kauf was arrested at the Schwaben Hall in Newark after a meeting of the League of Friends of New Germany at which Spanknoebel served as the principal speaker. A riot ensued when members of the Friends of New Germany and non-sympathizers with the Hitler cause met in the street outside the meeting place. Kauf was found to be carrying a lead pipe. He offered no defense when tried a few days later.
Investigation into the disappearance of Heinz Spanknoebel by the federal grand jury in New York has been adjourned pending introduction of new witnesses. It is believed hearings will be resumed late this week.
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