Hitler’s Deputy to Address Woman’s Congress by Film and Radio

Rudolf Hess, Nazi Cabinet minister and Chancellor Hitler’s deputy, will address the fourth annual Woman’s Congress in Chicago sponsored by the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday through the mediums of a special talking picture and short-wave radio, it was announced today.

Mrs. Stephen S. Wise, scheduled to speak after Hess, said today she would not withdraw. The fact the Nazi leader will speak was “all the more reason” she should present the other side, Mrs. Wise told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, adding that it would be “cowardly” to permit only the Nazi side to be given.

Mrs. Wise said she understood Hess would only address the Chicago audience, while her speech on “Women in Democracy,” which attacks Nazi Germany, will be broadcast over a nation-wide network. Hess’ speech will be ten minutes, while Mrs. Wise said she would speak fifteen or twenty minutes.

Mrs. Wise, who is president of the Women’s Division of the American Jewish Congress, said her references to Nazi Germany were included in her speech before she knew that it would serve as a reply to Hess.

The Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League telegraphed Mrs. Wise asking her to withdraw from the program and also protested to Col. McCormack, publisher of the Tribune, against inclusion of Hess’ addresses. Another telegram to William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, asked him to use his influence for withdrawal of trade union speakers from the program.