When Nazis Fall out

When Nazis fall out, the truth is revealed. The bitter fight now in progress among the American Nazi bosses for control of the lucrative Nazi racket gave several evidences of this last week.

In their application for a state charter, the Nazi Friends of New Germany declared they were organized on democratic principles as a membership group.

In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court by Hubert Schnuch, national head of the Friends, cited as the basis of his case is the assertion that the dictatorship principle dominates the organization.

LEADER ONLY ONE MAN

“As far as any attempt to be a ‘dictator’ is concerned, it is a principle of the organization, Friends of New Germany, that the leadership be concentrated in a single person. This principle is recognized by every member of the organization.”

Anton Haegele, radical Nazi leader who unceremoniously booted Schnuch out of power, ###usly called the Friends “this peaceful and idealistic group.”

And this “peaceful and ideal### group,” according to another affidavit, in arranging for publication of its propaganda sheet, schemed to avoid responsibility for libels appearing in the paper.

“From the beginning it was the intention of the National Organization to keep its name out of the matter in order that if there were any attacks upon the publication the property would be in the hands of a corporation in which the National Organization would not have any apparent interest.”

If the financial returns and the power to be wielded by those in control of the American Nazi outfit continue attractive, we can be assured that the grab for them by hungry fuehrers can always be counted upon to keep the movement from being a danger.

Congressman Dickstein abandoned his committee’s red-baiting chase long enough to announce that he would ask President Roosevelt to have Ambassador Hans Luther recalled from Washington and would ask the state of New York to conduct an investigation of Nazi activities here. Assemblyman Albert D. Schanzer of Brooklyn announced he would introduce a resolution in the Legislature asking for a Nazi probe.

THE CONGRESS MOVEMENT

The American Jewish Congress, snubbed by the American Jewish Committee, the B’nai B’rith, the National Council of Jewish Women, the Jewish Labor Committee and other groups which declined to join in its national election project, lashed out against criticism by the labor group and defended its record and plans. It renewed requests for a conference of American Jewish organizations to create a basis for broader cooperation.

TWO IMPORTANT PARLEYS

Chief interest during the week will be focused on two important sessions of international and national significance. One, the meeting of the administrative committee of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, held for the first time on American soil, has brought distinguished leaders of foreign Jewry to these shores. The second, the meeting of the National Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, will bring to New York 500 of the nation’s leading Jewish lay leaders and social workers. This conference will study welfare activities abroad as well as problems with particular bearing on activities in the United States.