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...ponderous, humorless autobiography he ardently paid homage to his own poetasting, awarded himself a few oh-you-kids as a lady-killer. In his Spreading Germs of Hate he elaborately detailed his activities as a German propagandist in World War I. Said he: "There is no infallible safeguard against propaganda"-meaning, of course, when conducted by a clever fellow like George Viereck...
...ideology for the Fatherland and profit. A naturalized U.S. citizen, registered in Washington as a German-paid "author and journalist," he had a legal peddler's license, drew down more than $100,000 for lauding Adolf Hitler and excoriating the British. Still confident that there was no "infallible safeguard" against propaganda, he said: "I have always regarded it almost a consecration to interpret the land of my fathers to the land of my children...
...jury did not think this work of "consecration" was legitimate work for a U.S. "author and journalist." Found guilty, facing six years in prison and a $3,000 fine, George Viereck had run up against one infallible safeguard he had not reckoned with: jail...
According to Bock, there are no detrimental effects even for those engaged in athletics. Physicians have had many years of experience with the subject, and the Red Cross provides a free medical examination as a safeguard...
...situation now stands, the members of the University staff who have had ARP courses, together with the few trained students, constitute a sufficient force to safeguard the University. But there is need for a reserve to serve as reliefs and also to step into the places of the Seniors who now constitute a large part of the force...