Show Subbing for Winchell Was Bomb Assault on Hitler Faked Like Fire in Reichstag Editors Editor's note While Walter Waler Winchell Winchel is away this month his column will wi be conducted by guest columnists n By Curt mess Famous lamous Author of The Nazis Go Underground The man who today is the key figure in Hitler's Hiter's war effort is isGen Gen Karl von Greifenberg Greif- Greif Grei- Grei who for time timea enberg was some a prominent member of Hitler's Hiter's personal general staff and is ismore ismore more so since Gen was wounded in the called so-called so-caled so bomb assault on the fuehrer For now v is the man who has hasto hasto to produce the ideas which Hit Hitler t- t ler then gives out as his intuition tion ton Is ts no stranger to America looking Good and charming charming he once came to this country to visit West Point and study in the Industrial War college college col col- lege in Washington D. D C. C H He is married to an American girl The general knew many details de de- of industrial industrial indus indus- tans tails of our plan M trial mobilization and and even had hada a good idea of the American war machine and the productive capacity ca ca- of the country He was one of the few who tried to persuade persuade per per- suade the fuehrer to keep America America Amer Amer- ica out of the tle war The Te inside story of the conspiracy conspiracy con con- of ranking high officers discovery of which brought War War- limont to the fore is that there was no conspiracy There was wasat wasat at least no intention of bombing Hitler Hiter out of existence German generals long ago lost their power of resistance to the nazi leader Otherwise they would not have stood for the te way he treated them It Was Just Another I Reichstag Fire The only ranking high German officer who wanted to do something something some some- thing thing decisive against Hitler Hier was the former chief of the general staff Gen Ludwig Beck About him and his disgust with wih the Hitler Hiter regime this correspondent wrote more than two years ago in tn a book on the German generals gen gen- Therefore it was no surprise sur sur- prise that the first victim of the purge of military leaders was Beck purge even though though he had been on the retired list since 1938 In fact the whole bomb bomb- assault on Hitler Hier was simply an an- other reichstag reichstag fire fre The Te fuehrer and Heinrich Himmler wanted to get get rid rd of some high officers The assault was staged staged ant and incidentally just as clumsily as aste the te reichstag fire fre Hitler Hiter wanted to get rid of these thee gener generals ls not because they conspired to kill ki him but because because be be- cause they were opposed to his regime and were the te potential leaders of any revolt which might have developed By striking ing swiftly against these men the the fuehrer has postponed the possibility of such a revolt By demoting and probably arresting Field Marshal von he also eliminated the one man who might have aspired to become a aGerman aGerman German Darlan as this correspondent correspondent corre corre- predicted he might nine months monts ago in a national maga magazine magazine maga- maga zine and who according to in inside inside in- in side information has been trying trying hard to get In touch with wit the te allies ales Inside Germany Is Stronger Than Ever Eer There is no doubt of it it events which have taken place in Germany Germany Ger Ger- many in the last week must be considered another victory for Hitler Hier Inside Germany his position po po- is stronger than ever for he has succeeded in establishing a regime regime of men on whom he can depend For they are all al in inthe inthe the same boat with him Wishful thinkers in this country country coun coun- try may believe beleve that the purge spells Hitler's Hiers Hier's speedy doom But the contrary is true tre Hitler and the men now at the helm of Germany no longer longer fight for vic vic- tory They Tey fight for life The longer the war lasts the te longer they postpone their own deaths This is the principal difference between the situation in the te fall fal of 1918 and ad today Wishful thinkers in this country country coun coun- try also alo believe beleve that tat by defeating Hitler on the te military mitry front nazism and fascism will wi be crushed forever They seem to forget that Hitler Iter and Mussolini were doing quite well wel before the war Once allied aled t troops roo p shave have reached Berlin the nazi party will wi cease to exist officially But it will wi continue to exist underground underground under under- ground ground and if i it is not crushed soon it can become more dangerous dangerous dan dan- to civilization than it has ever been |