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What Mr. Metcalfe had to say was almost as lurid as his appearance. The Bund, said he, was a fighting subversive force that had penetrated into U. S. navy yards and aircraft factories, was prepared to "muster a force" of 5,000 soldiers. Some of Witness Metcalfe's quotations...
Bundsman Albert Zimmer of Cincinnati: "No one knows this, but we have a permanent list of silent contributors. Most of these persons are wealthy . . . so I keep a double set of books." Declared Witness Metcalfe: "It is generally understood in Bund circles that some prominent American industrialists are helping to finance the movement...
...Bund Führer Kuhn: " I have a special arrangement with Hitler and Germany that whenever any of our groups have trouble with the consuls in their districts they are to report it to me in full detail. I then take it up with the Ambassador." According to Mr. Metcalfe, Ambassador Hans Dieckhoff replaced former Ambassador Hans Luther because Herr Luther did not step properly for the Bund...
This last was too much for chunky little Ambassador Dieckhoff, who trotted to the State Department to protest to Secretary Hull. He pointed out that Germany has done all it can do by forbidding its own nationals to join the Bund. "Un-officially," Embassy Counselor Dr. Hans Thomsen called Witness Metcalfe untrustworthy. Counselor Thomsen asked why the Dies committee did not call Führer Kuhn to testify...
Chairman Dies retorted that he would call Fuhrer Kuhn on condition that he produce all Bund records. Then he added: ''We have almost conclusive evidence that Kuhn ordered all Bund posts throughout the U. S. to destroy their records...