Immigration authorities recently refused to accredit to the library 20 Germans who entered the United States on visitors' permits, and ordered them to return to Germany.
A Congressional investigation five years ago showed that the consulates were "hot-beds of Nazi activity," it also was said. The Dies committee heard charges that Baron von Spiegel, of the German consulate in New Orleans, brought pressure on German-born Americans to ease their criticism of Chancellor Adolf Hitler. He also is alleged to have threatened that reprisals would be taken for any aid given Britain.
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