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Bs ORY 2 ara epionenmamd i billed. | + NEWS-KEY ' ~~. Investigation ¢ — onsiatsky oa eneennnnnnnenn page 1 Smith Grows Bolder cecc—aenmnnnrnnensninminimnnee 2 Fifth Column Candidate for Senate . sassan “ 2 Pro-Axis Propaganda in Detroit: meen NOTE: The Howr is a confidential bulletin, published each week by The Hour Publishing Co., lnc. The price of subscription is $5.00 per annum, $3.00 for six months. een pg ne a é 100 E. 42nd St., New York Urray Hill 5-068%-9 Mumber 134 - l/ May 16, 1942 * adie THE CASE OF "COUNT" ANASTAS#” VONSIATSKY Board Albert E. Kaho Disolosures of international significance are likely to come out of the Federal Grand Jury probe into the activities of Anastase A Vonsi-= ata: a ea mm atsky, which is now taking place in Hartford, Conneoticut, under the gui- dance of Thomas J. Dodd, special assistant to the Attorney General. Editorial Coxsuitants Prof. F. L. Schuman Johannes Steel Leland Stowe enn aoe For years Anastase Vonsiatsky, head of the Russian National vibe wena Fascist Revolutionary Party and until recently editor of The Fascist, has been weaving a net of international intrigue from his estate near the lit- tle town of Thompson, Connecticut. Himself an agent of the German and Japanese High Commands and a ringleader of the fascist “hite Russian fifth column in Anorioa, Vonsiatsky has been conspiring not only to overthrow the Government of the Soviet Union but also to bring about a fascist coup in the United States, Working closely with key representatives of Germany and Japan, he has helped smuggle spies, saboteurs, and terrorists into Nus sia, whose duties have included assassineting Soviet leaders. During the last ten years, he has frequently visited Barlin, Rome and Tokyo. He ran arms to Franco-Spain to aid the Axis-inspired uprising in thet country. he aided in the organization of a fascist thite Russian Army on Japanese soi] which is now awaiting orders from Tokyo to launch an attack against the sé 6 Soviet Union. On his Connecticut estate, he maintained an elaborate arse: - moh i al of rifles, machine Euns ; tear gas equipment, ete: and he trained score: Fame) § \ of uniformed swastike-wearing young men in preparation for the day when Ong ae Sama b | Fascism would come to America. WH _ S34 For carrying on his multifarious plottings, the former Czarist BOA ta ry Pp ng xis iy ay ai? fficer had at his disposal the immense fortune of his wife, nee Marion vy, Ny 5 Su Ream, who inherited a one-seventh share of the $40,000,000 Ream estate in £ 14, § RN ‘Chicago. The American heiress and the penniless Russian emigré met in NY Paris in 1921, and were married shortly afterwards. At the time he was twenty-three and she was forty-five. Vonsiatsky Exposed in The Hour in 1939 On July 30, 1939, The Hour carried an article, entitled "Fritz Kuhn's Week~End Host Participated in Murders," which exposed Vonsiatsky's fifth colum activities in the United States. Our report also brought to light a confession he had written many years before, describing a series of corture-kurdore in which he had participated. We urged in this article, and in subsequent reports, thet the U. S. authorities conduct a therough investigation of Vonsiatskye When the Federal Grand Jury hearings started this week in Hart- ford, one of the first witnesses to be summoned was The Hour reporter who assisted in preparing our fo. on Vonsiatsky. \ _ i * * * e ® ’ a as a = eo gg me ae De - - g . - . ini CTE i fe contents “pe Hour are nol copyrighied and may be freeiy reprinted | ae ies ee a ed ee ee Bie a ee . — oe eee . . bee ee - = - a