“Poor Old Al” Koelble, mouthpiece for New York Nazis, was believed yesterday to have left for Washington, where he is scheduled to go ten rounds with the government, with incrimination of the anti-Nazi boycott as the purse.
Alphonse Koelble has been referred to by a number of old acquaintances as “Poor Old Al.” He is regarded in some circles as an attorney whose star is disappearing over the horizon. The peak of his career came during the Walker administration, when he drew a salary as assistant corporation counsel. He was not considered particularly active in the office from which he drew his pay.
Koelble’s come-back attempt is based upon an effort to have the Anti-Nazi Non-Sectarian League, headed by Samuel Untermyer, declared a violator of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law. A galaxy of public figures is named by Koeble in the “conspiracy in restraint of trade between this country and Germany.”
The aging attorney could not be reached at his office at 299 Broadway yesterday. Another person in the office expressed the opinion that Koelble had gone to Washington. “He said that if he didn’t show up today, he more than likely would be in the capital,” the informant said.
Among those mentioned by the Nazis as “promoting the boycott” against German wares are: Samuel Untermyer, Mayor LaGuardia, former Ambassador James Gerard and Theodore Roosevelt.
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