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Show GERMAN MONEY SPENTI VAIN Hun Propaganda Fails to Sway America After Spending $50,000,000. i NEW YORK, July 30 That Germany Ger-many spent $30,000,000 to $50,000,000 for propaganda in this country and "got nothing for It" was a declaration by George Sylvester Viereck, alleged pro-German publicist, in testimony given at the inquiry here into Teuton activities in the United States. As a witness in the investigation Viereck declared that if a string of influential newspapors had been bought with German money "we could havo arranged that America would never have entered tho war." He asserted as-serted that he had favored acquisition and conduct of a group of papers "along legitimate lines" to present the German side of tho war to American readers. Federal officials expect tho grand jury to report within a day or two on its investigation of the alleged purchase pur-chase of tho New York Mail for Germany, |