Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-07-27 | Page 4 | Lawmaker Gives Warning of Big Espionage Meace

Lawmaker Gives Warning Of Big Espionage Menace WASHINGTON. July 2T (UP) Representative Samuel Dickatain (D., N. Y. charged today that there exlata a "well organised, aubveraive, unamercian apy system in this country," coun-try," and listed th locations of what he contended were 21 "nasi camps" In the United States. Dickatein also placed In th Congressional Con-gressional Record a Hat showing the names of M persons whom he described de-scribed as "nasi propagandists, sgenu, stool pigeons and spies." He demsnded that congress halt "this smuggling In of arms, propaganda propa-ganda and uniforms and all of this goose-stepping and parading with the swastika, the black flag and the red flag." Nasi" ' '.. l) w ' 1 Dickatein ssid that one of the purported camps Is located in New York state "within a number of miles of the largest ammunition factories of this government." He said the "Hitler group" began with a membership of 75 four years ago. and 'today they have 330,000 in 0 atatea of the Union." Dickatein listed among th locations loca-tions of "nasi groups" th following: Middle west Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, Detroit, Gary, Ind.; Hammond, Ind.; Kenosha, Wis.; Milwaukee, South Bend. Ind.; St. Louis. Sheboygan, Wis.; Toledo, Oh lo. r West Los Angeles, Oakland. Concord, Cal.: Petaluma. Cal.; Salt Lake City. Santa Barbara, Cal.; San Diego, Cal.! San Franclaco, Seattle, Spokane, Portland. 8A.MLKL DICKSTEIN Haar Mat. ) flaw Two leaders of Salt Lakers of German descent denied Tuesday that, to their knowledge, any pro-nasi pro-nasi groups sxist here. August Glisameyer, aecretary of the Steuben society, used a good old American term to describe his opinion opin-ion of charges by Representative Dickatein. "I think it'a a lot of hooey." Mr. Gllssmeyer said. "Thsre are no pro-Hitler members in our group. We're Americans and mind our own business." G. A. Llnnebach, president of the German L. D. 8. organisation, said he knew of no such "camp" as charged by Representative Dickatein. Dick-atein. "I don't believ ther is any pro-Hitler pro-Hitler group in the west," h said.