BERGEN EVENING RECORD
Thursday October 13, 1938
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Bund Not To Meet Monday;
New Milford Sighs Relief
But Miss Meade Insists Meetings Will Be Resumed
Later Despite Opposition
Prospects for a peaceful Monday night for New Milford were considerably brighter today following announcement by Miss Caroline Meade, 225 Boulevard, New Milford, that there would be no meeting of the German-American Bund at her home, scene of a riot at a similar affair this week.
It had previously been announced that the organization, strengthened by a large contingent of storm troopers, would hold another meeting in the face of strong opposition by veterans’ organizations and municipal officials.
WOULD USE OWN MEN
The proposals that the meetings be continued and order maintained through the use of the Bund’s own uniformed force was made by G. William Kunze, publicity director of the organization, after quiet had been restored.
Although no definite plans were disclosed at that time it was generally understood that sessions were to be held weekly and it was for this reason that municipal officials appealed to Miss Meade to suspend activities in the interest of public safety.
Although Miss Meade said that she would not hold a meeting Monday she insisted that her organization would meet at some future date despite all efforts to halt it.
Miss Meade also branded as false a statement by Mayor George Mack that she had told them that she did not care whether persons were killed in disturbances centered about meetings of the Bund.
She told the Mayor, Miss Meade said, in answer to his warning that bloodshed was likely to result if meetings continued: “One must expect things of that sort in movement of this kind. Why I might even be killed myself.”
“Certainly,” she added, “The Mayor does not think that I am so callous as to disregard the welfare of other persons.”
It also became apparent that the new organization known as the German-American Front for which incorporation papers were filed with the New Jersey Secretary of State would have no bearing on the future activities of the Bund. The new organization, according to August Klapprott, a high official
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BUND FORGOES SESSION
MONDAY AT NEW MILFORD
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of the New Jersey Bund and one of the incorporators of the German-American Front, represents a fusion of many groups of German descent or German sympathies and is in no way expected to replace the present organization.
Klapprott said that the idea of the Front was conceived after anti-Bund organizations demonstrated at rallies in Elizabeth and Union City.
“We receive so many offers of sympathy and support from other German organizations at those times,” Klapport said, “that we decided to form an organization embracing all those groups.” He added that the identity of many of the member groups and individual members would not be made public.
Among the officers are Bruno Koop, West New York merchant, vice-president; John C. Fitting, Union City insurance man, secretary, and George Neuport, Cliffside Park dye-maker Treasurer.
At the organization meeting Fitting, who presided at the New Milford meeting Monday, said that the Front would be anti-Communist and would fight against a Jewish-controlled America but would otherwise devote its efforts to the glorification of America.