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-14- "Wiereck paid nis list visit to Senator Lundeen's office on Ax ust 29, “Lvh0. © A couple of days Siter this visit, the Senctor wailed to Viereck--for ecitin, anc revision—the maniscript oi a speech entitled ‘German contriodutions to Anerican Life.' Lundeen was to aeliver tais speech over the Labor [ay holidays. “she Tevised speech cane oack to Lundeen on the aiternoon of Au; ust 31, the aay on ‘which the Senator was xilled in an airplane crasn at Lovettsvilie, Vircinia-— Senator Lundeen took the manuscript with him on his fatal airplane trip. "Viereck was a practical man. The contents of the speech he had ;repared for Lundeen were not wasted. Shortly after the Senator's deata, a speech with similar title and contents was delivered by Theodore Tr ffnan, 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 Senavor Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota." ' RE KHKRH KHER HH "The headquarters of Viereck's washington propaganda c:achine was _in Koom 1424 in the House ‘ice puilcing. Room 1424 was the office of Congressiian Hanii ton Fish of New York.” "Qn November 26, 193%, Viereck wrote to Charles FultomOursler, editor-in- chief of Liberty sacazine, sugzestin: an article o1 the weed Gor a ‘war referendum! Vierecx wrote that his collaborator on this article would be iiepresentative “amilton Fisn, who-~said the Nazi azent--would 'be very 2 to write an article with the necessity of 2 war referendum.' Vierecx explained that he nad aireacy ciscussed the matter at length with Congressman Sish." The authors furnish below a list of the meabers of Con:ress whose frenking privilege was used "in tais huge caispaim of psycholocical sabotage." They also aad that, "Seyona question, sowe of these Congressmen were totally unsiare that their frankin, privilege was bein; used to further the scheses ot the Axis, out the racts are a matter of public record.” SENATORS D. Worth Clark, Rusn D. Holt, Us o. Jonnson, Gerald P. Nye, Robert R. Reynolus, end Burton K. wheeler. | RePRESENTATIVES Philip Bennett, Stephen Day, Henry Dworsnax, Hamilton Fish, Clare ©. Hoffman, Bartel Jonknan, Harold Knutson, Jas C. Oliver, Lewey Short, Willian Stratton, lartin L. Sweeney, Jacob Thorkelson, George Nolcen Tinkham, and John HN. Varys. CHAPTER X "“Aaerica First" This chapter is cevoted to the "Averica st Committee." There 4 of particulir interest to the Siresu in this crapter as all o1 the inforaavion is already in the files of the Bureaus