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Nation. was at War with Viereok's | : late employers.” , cism, too, Justices Black and Doug- ness and stirring eloquence did not amount to unineme, ; “Author and Journalist” - “Wiereck was an aétive’ ‘German . propagandist in this country in | World War I and began similar| operations for the Hitler govern- ‘ment some years ago. In 1939 he registered at the State Department as a foreign agent. On several occasions when asked for a com- wrahanasiua ctatamant af tha natura PIGS See eee Ve LEE ake be of his business he gave the answer, “author and journalist.” — . Special Prosecutors Maloney and . Edward J. Hickey brought Viereck eritde | las dissented, saying that eartest-| . | which publffnetTimerous books some soa oe ¢ thhes, operations, ‘deine: Latte a Thee was evidence from which te jay “could” have: found - during. the 18 montis Period Sov-4 ered by, (Viereck’s statempnta) . he had .coniroiied and ‘ingnced Planders Hall, a _ corporation eral, and Rutledge, a new m ‘been amended to require a foreign of the court, did not ee agent ‘to | ell bis activities, there was no such proad fequire-j dell Berge argued the appe the Government and‘Col. 0. | ieand pamphiets from manuscripts furnished by (Vieréck): that tt had alen nublighad other books fur nished by (Viereck) which pur- rrewe tines re we md ewe thi ewenle see Ce ee Guire appeared for Viereck. reck report his : ported to be English translations All ¥: tet a x bad to ret ™ . ee is of French or Dutch publications.) “rae dissenting justices said all! ‘ny Lo or to have been compiled from] vio eoks propaganda was‘to fur- |: English sources, but which were in| 17 the lnterests, of Germany and } fact translations of German books Pubiished by the Deutsche infor-\. matlonsstelle of Bertin. All were highly critical of British foreign - a colonial pelicy. During this . . ' period (Viereck) actively particl- - to trial in the District Court here pated in the formation of the :on an indictment which charged | ‘Make Yurope Pay War Debts Com- that he willfully concealed the| mittee, and the ‘Islands for Wari operations of the huge propaganda} Debts Committee,’ and made use “|machine he built up during thejof these organizations af a means bitter isolationist agitation in this] of distributing propaganda through country. the préss and radio and under con- Chief Justice Stone referred to gressiona’ frank. He also con- reo re silted Wilh ang war active i | fs, speeches Jor various rl ; of Congress, a in seguring dis- tribution off-the speeches under congressio frank.” (Did Not Take Stand | ‘Although Viereck did not take ithe witness stand to defend him- self, his attorneys claimed he did all these things on his own account ' and that they were wholly apart from the similar isolationist propa |! wanda Fam enhil ate. bee tee bali cl igs aL WALLED Bt Fae WELLL PO oo by the Germans. d The trial justice, F. Dickinson - On PS