PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF WORLD WAR III, INC.

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• Publication Date: March 20, 1957
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StTk3JT;'C`1'; Publications of ':L';1e :society far t~;e ~reventi on of
`~~orld. 1~ue.r ITI, Inc.
)_. ~;xam.ination of ei.;ht sample items' r~ublis'ried by the
uac~_ety for the =~'.revention of_ Y~,torld. ':tirar III between the 19~.~~s anti
the present shows little of immediate interest to the A~encrr. In
accordance frith its policy, the Sr.ciety continually warns that
"aerrnany ma.,y main ~chreaten +?h.e pease of the ~~ror].d,
2. an. exception among the above samples was a pamphlet
ent~.tl_ed ri~sizsiness as Usual. .'i:}ie ~~chroecl.er ~?nl~ing Interests
in Germany, ?ritain a-rd TJ. S. ~'~.,< whit}~ is unsined anti undated.
It 7~,-~as reprinted., however, apparently during 191~.~?, from tl:~e ~C~ecember
1916 to Janua.rr 7_g1~7 issue of the ~ociet;r's journal, Prevent ~lorld
`afar IIT.. This a.rficle seems to irnpl,T ths.t T?r. alien T. '~~.a`Lles,
before, c~~.zrj_ng, a,nd a.fte.r the war, because of his connectian ?with
vulli~ran and ~rorcwell a.nd w:i_th the J. henry ~chroed.er interests,
was motivated in ~,is acti ons b;;r h_is concern for the continued
f'ii~ancial stability of Germany.
3. 4t a mF~etin~ of the national i+orein Trade Convention
on %dovember 11, 19I~.6, l~~r. ~hilles is sa.i d to have said t'_r~at uertnany
must be indust-rial_ly rebuilt, !'iii co ZSUl.tatian ~ai_th priSrate enter-
prise.tb The article undertakes to explain the latter reference,
It states that T~1r. '~ti.lles was a :?irector of the J. Henry
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Schroeder tanking Corporation and the Schroeder `t`rust Company; after
which it traces tl:,.e alleged pre-4rar world oj?era~>j.ons of the Schroeder
bankinu interests lznder the headings: tr'1'he Schroeders"; "~'~he :~ch.rae-
dens' `v~Tar Against Spainx~; "The Sc'n.roed.ers' +i~Tar ~'laainst U, 5.+~; and
'xSchroed.e.rs' Dilemma.~~ It then says that 1''lr. ~aulles rnus+~ Dave been
aware of a.11 Schroeder operations before the war and that he must
have been sent tc Switzerland T~rith. O,SS "because of his extensive
]Lno~r1_ed.ge of rerman affairs.'t 'i-'!~e account then lini-rs T~ir. ~~.1_les's
a.C't1Vit1P, S before and during the war ta:ith t'~~e following : Dr. Heins. ich
Albert (said to have sabotaged. 1~merican preparedness bPfcre ~Torld.
~rTar T_); Cxerhard_t -?lestriclr (said to be a close friend of T~=r.. '?idles,
who was thrown out of the US in -19?+0 a.s a ivazi agent; frecluentl-~r
saw is. ?.Julles in Switzerland, and was riven secret work just after
-the war ~"rith L-he L'S stra.tes~ic bonb survey); Lada It7or_.arsiti, (ScYireeder
director who became a ~JS Consul in ~'witzerland durin~* the t~rar);
:fir. Emil Y'~zhl (of the '~eichsba.nk who worked. closel;;T Vrith Nir. tulles
in Switzerland while at the same time planting; t-;erman ind~.zstrial
leaders in. neutral countries to de used to build_ un C'~ermany's future);
and Tdorbert togdan (said to have been a dubious character who ti,~ras
nevertheless commissioned in the finance division of the U, S. p-rmy
and worJ.z
material. The frequenep a~(th which the
Society's material la used map not always be
obvious in view of the fact that it has never
sought publicity. Indeed, 1t Js the policy
of the Society for the Preventloa of World
War III that all of the original materiel pub-
1lehed in its magazine may be reprinted or
quoted. The Society IB prfmarilg Concerned
with the security of our people and with the
problem of enilghtening them with regard to
the prerequisites for laatln; peace.
It is not without significance, I believe,
that the Society's llteratura is constantip re-
fereed to and quoted in the foredgn preen
whether it be in Europe or as far away ae
Australia.
Ae I have .mentioned, the Society does not
harbor any lllusiona as to the future role
or Germany In world aHalra. To some eY-
tent the Society's assessment of the German
problem Is summed up by the words of Mr.
Herbert Hoover !n the introduction to the
Future of Garman Industrial Exports, by H.
Herzog, published by Doubleday, Page $ Co.,
1916:
"Not content with dominion by force of
arms, we find Germany plotting [or com-
mercial supremacg, with that insolent dis-
regard of the rights of others and that resort
to deception that has characterized all her
policies since Frederick the Great's reign.
? ? ? For 40 years the Germans have
been plotting to realize their dream of Pan-
Garman[cm-eventual world conquest and
dominion, For two generations they have
been thinking in terms unknown or i[ttio
understood by an innocent and unauspeethig
world ' ' ? deception and fraud form
the background of their most important In-
ternational relations and undertakings,
They have made Germany an inherently d1e-
honest nation. ? ? ? Well organized
and comprehensive espionage and insidious
German propaganda have been at work for
two generations to plan the success of Ger-
man victories. ? ? Let the manufac-
turing, the banking Interests, and. the labor-
ing and professional classes of all. nations be
warned in time ko devise antidotes and
counterattacks to the Nlaehtavelilan devices
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of a class gone mad with lust of conquest,
deliberately plotting to fatten Itself upon
the life blood of other peoples even after
the war. Let ua consider in making peace
what protection we can give to the
commercial existence of the freed na-
tions."
This statement by Mr. Herbert Hoover was
reprinted in the February-March 1947 L~sue
of Prevent World War III.
Flom Mr, Hoover's remarks, with which
the Society wholeheartedly concurs in its
pubiicatioua, the beitet that Germany can be
a reilab:e bulwark In the defense of the west
against the forces of aggressive communism
is sheer day dreaming. The Sxiety l?as
shown that through. the years before and
since the war the Germane have played a
double game, playing east against west, ex-
tracting as much as it could from the pre~-
ent cold war.. More than that,. the Society
hen shown. that the Germsna, given the op-
portunity, would not hesitate to enter Into
an alliance with the Sovleta against the west.
In its publication, Prevent Wotld War I%I,
the Society pioneered In exposing the Soviet-
sponaored Free German Committee, which
had as one of Its main ob]ectives the prep-
aration of such atie-up once the war was
over. The Society has published authentic
documents showing the close collaboration
between the German General Staff and the
Russians, In tho September-October 1949
issue of Prevent World War III, one of these
sensational documents entitled "Germany
Looks to the East," revealed how the German
General Stall was planning their postwar
resurgence based on an slltance with the
Soviets, even. wh1Ie pretending that they were
the arch foes of communism. This memo-
randum, written a few days before the Ger-
man surrender in Y945, was initialed by tho
chief of the. high command. of Hitler's Wehr-
macht, Field Marshal. Settel and Grand Ad-
miral Doenitz.
In the most recent issue of Prevent World
War III, the Society published an extended
analysis by Dr, Sean Pa]us, entitled "Back
Door Trade Between Ruhr Industrlallsts and.
the Iron Curtain Countrles.? %n this article,
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Dr. Pajus cites facts proving that the Ruhr
barons who stxpparted Hitler are trying by
hook or crook to establish close ties with the
Russians and their satellites. Indeed, the
Society discloses the amazing fact, wYtich
incidentally received scant publicity in the
American press, that some of the leading
German trusts had recently -been advertis-
ing in the Communist papers in the western
:;ones, These factual esposCs of German-
Russian relations are intended to keep the
American people vigilant as to the true de-
signs of the Germans. They are intended
to prevent the American people from i'aTl-
ing into-the trap of complacency with re-
gard to the ramifications of the revival of
Germany's economic power.
The Society has long warned against the
danger of aGerman-Russian tie-up. His-
torically, militarists in both countries have
long dreamed of the Juggernaut which might
be built, by combining German technical
resources and Russian manpower.
.The obvious facts of geography, and the
repeated lessons of history, should warn us
that this danger is no mere dream-world
plrantasmagoria, Level-headed reflection
will tell us that it is in fact the one greatest'
danger which might suddenly confront the
free world of today.
Just as the Krupp family of pre-World
War II days did "goad business," bath ~Nith
the Russians and with the Third Re1cY.~, so
may Krupp today, newly freed; again do
"good business" with both sides, if we per-
mit, in the not far distant future. Only
by reducing Germany"s economic power to
the minimum of genuine peacetime needs,
the society maintains, can the danger of a
German-Russian rapprochement be safely
averted.
Today's back-door trading between Russia
and Germany, given the opportunity, can
develop overnight into a full-fledged (xer-
man-Russian combine. This is the grim
prospective which the society spotlights.
The possible harnessing of German econ-
omy by Russia would of course lose most of
its potential danger if Germany's war power
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were whittled down in advance, for then any
eventual alliance between Germans and Rus-
aians would not significantly increase Rus-
sia's aggressive strength. Such a realistic
approach to the German problem, tlae Society
believes, -would be the best means of avert-
ing the catastrophe of a Russo-German alli-
ance.
The Society has maintained its position
against the revival of the German war ma-
chine, against trie resurgence of nazism and
of the cartels, and against the possibility
of a Russo-German alliance.
In the first issue of its magazine in May
1944, the Society for the Prevention of World
War III carried a sensational secret memo-
randum attributed to General von Stulp-
nagel, one of the most influential of the
German militarists. This secret memoran-
dum said that Germany must avoid the mis-
takes of World War II. Von Stuipnagel said:
"In the next world war, which should
take place within 25 years, the same mistake
must not be made. Tho principal adversary
will be the United StatEs and the entire effort
s-~ust be concentrated against this country
from the beginning. * * * We shall be
wrong if we try to conquer Russia, while
leaving intact the Amerman industrial po-
tential."
In planning for German resurgence, the
memorandum said:
"Our enemies will grow weary before we do.
We shall have to organize a campaign of
pity designed to induce them to send us
needed supplies at the earliest possible mo-
ment. Above all, we must hold .on to the
assets we have deposited in neutral coun-
tries. * +
"The present war will .thus have been vic-
torious in spite of our provisional defeat be-
cause it will have been a march forward
toward our supremacy. * * * We have not
to fear conditions of peace analogous to
those we have imposed because our adver-
saries will always be divided and dis-
united. * * * We must force ourselves
to create in the coming peace treaty the
germs of future divisions. + + + These -
are the conditions for victory,"
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Thus spoke General von Stuipnagel and,
as the Society has proven, he is not the only
important German general who has ex-
pressed such views.
It le the considered judgment of 'the 8a-
ciety that Pan-Germanism has not been
destroyed. A reading of the Socletp's litera-
ture shows that the forces of Pan-German-
1sm are rising again under new disguises and.
new slogans.
The reprieves and pardons Just granted a
large number of :mportant Nazi personages
by Commissioner McCioy and General.
Handy serve only to underline the manner
in which we again fall. prey to the wlles of
German mllltarism, 4Rhy should we hsva
to release from pr[son Nazi olHcera who
helped plot the massacre of American sot-
dlers? Why should ws have to pardon tho
chief munitions ~cuppllera of Adolf Hdtler7
There is a certain school of psychiatry which
contends that w'~en peopia get together to
do a great crime, they end vp with a sub-
conscious desire to exterminate themselves..
Perhaps, in the crime that we are now doing,
by preparing the way for the revival oP Ger-
man militarism, we ors indeed moved by a
subconaclous motive of self-destruction.
In ending my comments on the Society
for the Prevention of World War III, I think
it appropriate to quote from the Christian
Science Monitor of March 3, 1950. Writing
under the title of ?Neo-Nazl-sm; IInflnlahed
Business," Mr. Ernest 3. Plsko, special writer
oL the Christian Science Monitor, said the
following:
"To remind him of unfinished business of
the previous war, Reraes, Ring oC Persia,
had a'remembrance slave.' The Roman Sen-
ate, for the same purpose, had Marcus For-
cius Cato. And we have the Society for the
Prevention of World War III. ' StUl
we must not forget the neo-Nazis. That La
why 1t is useful to glue the publications of
the Society for the Prevention of World War
III a more than perfunctory reading-and
file them for reference just la case."
This 18 a fitting tribute to the Society's
work, with which I hsva been. long familiar.
I hsva attended the meetings of this organ-
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lzation from time to time, have spoken to
the various effleers and eaperta of the Society,
hsva listened to their brilliant analyses of
the German problem. Yea; the Soelety is a
unique organization and so long as our ae-
curity is khreatened, may it endure.
The right to dissent is an old-fashioned
American privllege and I know that the
Society subscribes to and upholds this basic
principle o1 Americanism. It ts, therefore,
understandable that the Society should ea-
pect that 1t be accorded the same treatment
and respect as It gives to the opinions of
others, Thoso who disagree with the So-
ciety's objectives, however, should stick to
the issues Involved. I say let the people
eaereiae their freo choice In a marketplace
of ideas. They have always been able to
discern. truth: from falsehood and when. an
idea rune counter to the needs and inter-
este of our people, it is hound to wither
and die. This is the wap democracy works.
It should be clear, however, that the Ameri-
can people will never support a campaign
of calumny and smear which i& intended to
deliberately contuse tho issues end thereby
muddy the waters of public informattoa.
The people want facts and not fairy tales.
Before ending my remarks I wish especially
to add a few words of praise concerning the
activities of Mr. Isidore L[pschuta, the man
who has served as treasurer o[ the Society
since its inception, and who has, inciden-
tally, been foully traduced in certain pubil-
cations oa account of his patriotic leadership
in this fight. Mr. Lipschutz was the first ffi-
duatrlalist of importance to sec the menace
which the rising power of Httier's brown
shirts raised Sor the world. As early as 1933
and 1933 he personally organlxed the publi-
cation of underground German. newspapers,
which were printed in Belgium end secretly
distributed in Germany, and which provided
the pattern for subsequent activities ofS-
claily engaged upon by the.United States and
our silica, as the Inevitability of war with
Germany became clearer.
Because of his anti-Nail activities in
Europa Mr, Lipschutz was eingled out for
attack in the Stuermer by the war criminal
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Julius Streicher, who was hanged at
Nuremberg.
When Mr. Lipschutz removed his business
to America he continued his work for democ-
racy and world peace, and I may say from my
personal knowledge that ever since his im-
migration here he has devoted more attention
to the public interest than to his own
business.
That his services to his native country and
to world peace were generally appreciated is
evidenced by the many distinctions bestowed
upon him;
In 1931: By special-decree oP the King of
Belgium, the title of "Chevalier de 1'Ordre de
Leopold" (Knight of the Order oP Leopold)
was awarded to him.
In 1936: By special decree of the King of
Belgium, the title of "Officer de 1'Ordre de
Leopold II" (Ofilcer oP the Order of (Leo-
pold II) was awarded to him.
In 1937: The Belgian Red Cross awarded
him the Medailie de Merite (Medal of Merit).
In 1938: The French Government awarded
him the title of "Chevalier de la Legion
d'Honneur" (Knight oP the Logion of Honor).
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Iri discussing the activities of the Society
for the Prevention oP World War ITI, vis-zL-
vis, the alarming situation confronting us in
the world, I have taken same trouble to set
forth the origins oP this Society and the fine
backgrounds oP the men who are its leaders.
This seems'to me to ba pertinent, and
especially deserved in view of the bitter at-
tacks which same of these man have had
to 'face, as a result of patriotically standing
up for the right.
In times of international tension, like to-
day, it is of the greatest importance that
public opinion be well and accurately in-
formed. on the grave issues confronting our
country. In a democracy, public opinion
must and should determine our course; but
only ar informed public opinion, supplied
with the true facts, can serve as a safe guide.
It is our problem, in these times, to dis-
tinguish informed and patriotic opinion
Prom propaganda and selfish pressure. Once
the true facts are appreciated, our people
will be united and resolute in their action.
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