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(es: AM ee % 3 iN “Rave ay their opponents exclusively ‘Italian -ér created by thelr defeat revlted in the exit of, hese [OPE e province, | : Our pople’s army -propaganda th-ough the loud speakers —* mma i comming i the mewn Jor She enemy ond. nt renee. _. on the troop: © of Franco.” ; eles a ete, ~ nar Set Ne ae wero mn a eran | “rps ce Here on page thive was 4 whole page of iettera from German aon- .... main describing the goiserable living conditions aboard the German ships. Here on page four was an article entitied “Die Deuteche Op- es “written by 3 Heinrich Ma: in, ane here was"S article reccunt- Bee eeliees eee with s listing _ ing the successful strike or the 50,000 American scsiten ¥ i | i re RE . or q DRID.—The government troom on the aa y { ” dn: detail of the demands that they forced from the shipowners. ‘And on theback two pages were articles describing briefly but clearly Hitler's war against the Catholic and Protestant churches, ~. wight thousand German seamen come to New York harbor -- every: month,” Karl told me. “And there ien’t a single boat that ' Jeaves this harbor that doesn’t have the Schifiahri and other denflets scattered about in places where dnembders of the crew ere coafute to find them. o: can 0. cue gation aneeceh ‘.: . “We are, of courte, - “unable ‘to: hold large union meetiags.. They ~hre-srictly forbidden.. It is dificult sometimes to even - talk io members of the crew. Walle have ears, “So papers and magazines are our best organizers, They ere the best, the quickest, fhe surest wey to reach German seamen. | And believe me German workers are hungry for our literature“ “But isn’t it a dangerous business, distributing underground ? material?” I asked. —QOf course. We are at all times'wery careful. Kvery piece of © Pere ie, rnb meres cpampmninnns RE SE ee Le ee oth gel Hterature, every leaflet and every pepe} that is put aboard & boat i” : care ted. ‘There are Gegtapo egents on every boat and we . 1 have to wali our step: je — , i “When I say ‘we’ I don't mean just the German anti-Nazts _ aboard, the oceah-going Hners. ‘We'_includes’ “ail the American - of the fight against Hillerien, It costs money to make = munet ae _SUPPOriers OF tt ie eeeiees SE renter Wick cigarettes and fo print the Schiffahrt. We-eeimen don't make” _much, and even @ third of that ts directly tared by the govern: - _ ment, 3 “So our anti-Nazi friends here have gctten together in an organi . ,ration ¢ called the 8 Anti-Naz nt n_Seamen to reine matin, ty The Goliars to keep our activi going. Gt's more, they're running a benefit concert and rally Friday night at Mecca Temple to keep the ball rolling—as you Bay here in America. s .. * * 2 : : ”” “Will you be there?” T asked. © 70 4 -.. “Oh, no, that’s a ticklish business. I don’t want the Gestapo agents to find me at an anti-Nazj rally in New York. I would do my health no good when I get back to Germany. ‘ “But one of our leaders will be there, masked and protected by * } sixty American seamen. He will tell the story of conditions in Ger- I eee many "the the rons oan S: Earl lifted his stein of beer. “Prosit," he. said. In his eyes wos a faraway 105K and I was sure that he was - a _thinking of tomorrow—when the people of Germany will. unite \" tn the new Liberty Party and will again establish a jeremy? . fa aT pa ete S RE. rum,