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ae -14+ "Viereck paid his lust visit to Senator Lunceen's office on Az ust 295 “Lv4C. A couple of days after this visit, the Senctor wailea to Viereck-~for ectin, and ‘revision——the manascript of a speech entitled ‘German Contributions to Anerican Lire.’ Lundeen was to deliver tnis speech over the Labor Lay holidays. une revised speech came oacx to Lunaeen on tne aiternoon of Au;ust 31, the aay on which the Senator Was Xiiled in an airplane crash at Lovettsvilie, Vir inia. , Senator Lundeen took the manuscript with him on his fatal airplane trip. NViereck was a practical man. The contents of the speech he had ;repsred for Lundeen were not wasted. Shortly after the Senator's desta, a speech with similar title and contents was delivered oy Theodore Ww effnan, head of the Steuben Society. Tne Hoffman speecn was inserted in the Congressional hecord, reprinted anc mailed around the country postage free under tne franking privilege of Senator Gerala P. Nye of North Dakota." w HRKKRRERRRRR KE "The neadquarters of Viereck's ijasnington propaganda s:achine was in koom . 1424 in the Rouse ice puilcing. Room 1424 was tne office of Gonzressiian Yami, ton Fish of New York." "On November 26, 193%, Viereck wrote to Charles Pulte ursler, editor-in- chief of Liberty .acazine, suggestin;: an article on the eed vor a ‘war referendum.' Vierecx wrote that his collaborator on this article would be liepresentative tamilton Fisn, who-~said the Nazi azent--would 'be very slac to write an article with me on the necessity of a war referendum.' Vierecx explained that he sac alreacy ciscussed the matter at length with Congressman fish." ¥ The authors furnish below a list of the members of Con:ress whose frenking e e ) orivileze was ased "in this huge caipaim of psychologicsl sabotage." Th that, "Beyona question, sowe of tnese Congressmen were totally unsiare that taeir frankin,, privilege was bein; used to further the scheses of the Axis, out the facts are a matter of public record." SENATORS - D. Worth Clark, Rush [~. Holt, E. o. Jommson, Gerald P. hye, Robert R. Reynolus, end Burton &. wheeler. ; REPRESENTATIVES Philip Benmett, Stephen Day, Henry Dworshax, Hamilton Fish, Clare 4. Hoffman, Bartel Jonkaan, Harold Knutson, James C. Oliver, Lewey Short, Willian Stratton, Martin L. Sweeney, Jacob Thorkelson, George Nolcen Tinkham, and John h. Varys. CHATTER X tRaeriea First" This chapter is cevoted to the "Averica First Committee." There is nothing of varticular interest bo the Suresu in this crapter as all o1 the inioriation furnis is already in tne files of the Bureau.