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- 2° A new anti-Nazi magazine, NEIVE DEUTSCHE BLAN TTR will be issued: by writers barred from Germany by the Hitler movement. Ancng the contributors are JACOB-WASSERMANY, ERNSTCTOLLER, BERT DRECHT, GOI ERYRLKISCH, BRUNO —FON-SOLOMON and RUDOLMHR2DZN. Persons still in Germany are expected to con- tribute anonymously ani a special office to collect sucn contributions has been set up according to annovncements bere. The first issue of the new A" _pewiew will be published in Prague, Csechoslovakia on Septenber 15e" ES MES NETO en me aa _— Confidential Informant T1 furnished the writer with a letter Cc a | dated april 26, addrees to "Dear RUTH" and signed “HANNS and LOU", presumably EAIWS and TAO RISER» The English translation of the letter is bein: set forth: . ' WDearest RUTH, "It locks now as if BR. and EISLER are really coming to New Yorks I have to stay home on account of great poverty. (Ex. being very poor.) 4s you probably have already heard there hes been since six weeks or longer a strike in the file industrie and all employees (also HAXNS) feel its : ' influence, The strike may still last very long, as the fat (Ex. powerfu1). filmstudios can keep it up even for a yeare SHANNS woul6 like very much to go to New York fur the rehearsals, as the music only goes well when he is there, He has to fit it in, arrange it, direct and compose ite On account of really serious lack of roney he can only come when it does not cost him anything. HANNS wrote to tis Mr. ESROBERTS (do you know him?) from the Theatre of Al] Nations, that he needs ; money for the fare and expensese Mr.e ROFERTS answered that he could ray the ‘ money for fare, but not for expenses. HANNS wrote then again that money for fare and at least $150 for expenses were necessary and that is much toc 4 little anyway for three weeks stay as you know, and on the train one needs * aa also poncsy ant HANNS is unfortunately not wery economic ant the liquer cost also something. (He would naturally have to stey with a friend.) "I don't know, dear RUTH, £f you have any connections with those | people and if you can talk to them, (fx. to tell them) to send HAINS im mediately the money for the round trip ( one has to make reservation? in advance and pay in advance) and if possible also £200 for the most neces say expensese If you could do something, HANNS would be very thankful, It is so difficult to talk about money matters in a letter to people that you don't know expecially as they surely haven't got it, but ons could not wry well tell them that one hasn't got it either and otherwise cannot coms, 2 # “04,