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‘ “e ae =< " eau know of the dete on which this han, who is in New York, wi call at his office so that an Agent might be present when Mr. Trimble interrogates him in connection with his accusations. + In connection with this matter, Mr. Trimble furnished Agent, for reviewing purposes, the following correspondence: (1) Letter dated May 15, 1936, tron EangMnenitech, S545 = 82nd Street, Jackson Heights, New York, addressed to Joseph By Weaver, oe ? a Steaaembnnt Ta oe Chief Inspector, Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. Ce, enclosing therewith a de- coded message and key entitled "Secret Internationalist Codes Oper- ated in New York Press", and purported to be operated by the "Red Network", This letter states that information relative to the secret codes operated in the New York Press had been furnished certain mom~ bere of Congress and that: "The Codes appear to be operated by an in~ visible super=government and they ere decidedly anti American". Agent secured photostatie copies of the code diagram and of the letter of transmittal, which are attached to the Bureau copies of this report, one copy of which having been personally delivered to bir. #. As Tamm of the Bureau on June 16, 1937, for submission to the Technical Lab- oratory, if it is so deemed advisable, (2) Letter dated May 26, 1936, from J. De Weaver, Director, to Hans Omanitsch, acknowledging the receipt of the letter and en closure, and advising that the matter will receive the attention of the Board of Inquiry which the Secretary of Commerce 1s about to ap- point for the purpose of investigating problems concerning labor con» ditions. (3) Letter dated May 7, 1937, from Connor, Harring- ton Hotel, Washington, D. C., to the Secretary of ‘Commerce, wherein, referring to the above correspondence, he stated, among other things, “For about two yeara an associate of mins, Mr. Hans Omenitech, an exz=- pert decoder, has vainly tried to bring to the attention of the pubd- lic and the Congress the fact that a secret subversive code is being run in the press from day to day,from article to article, in an al- most unbroken continuity." It goes on to state that "to date nothing seems to have been done to save america from the terrible damage these codes have been and are daily doing and they are perpetually being flaunted in the very face of Congress in the every day #ashington press." Continuing, O'Connor refers to the investigation of the Hindenburg disaster initiated by the Department of Commerce and states "as I have Mre Omenitsch available and as he has decoded enough in- formation indicating willfully planned sabotage I wish to go on rec- ord as not only asking, but demanding that Mr. Omenitsch be called oa