The Archive · 1937

U.S, NAZIS SEEK TO SEIZE POWER

Leader Issues Denial: Full Congress Inquiry Sought Washington, Sept. 9.

A resolution authorizing a congressional investigation of Nazi activities in the United States was being drafted to-day by SenatorEd-ward R. Burke. Democrat of Nebraska—United Press, Nazi Leader's Statement New York, Sept. 9. A denial that American Nazis were preparing to seize the reins of United States Government was made to-day by Herr Fritz Kuhn, leader of the Nazis in America, "Our organization is just waiting until the Communists are ready to seize control, which will be sooner than you think," he said. "Then, the Government needs our help, we will step in and fight for our country, the United States, I could show you things about the Communists that would make your hair stick up and grow within an hour. We are preparing to fight the Communists, not the United States."

The Nazi question has become a national issue again with the publication of a copyright article published in the "Chicago Daily Times" charging that an army of at least 20,000 American Nazis was preparing to seize control of the United States United Press.

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