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Still so casual in manner that the average observer would not even have noticed the transfer of the letters, Orgell wandered over to a desk in the library and rapidly wrote another letter so important, apparently, that he dared not carry it with him for fear of a mishap. The letter was sealed and handed to the steward. The library had a great many visitors.
One of the chief smugglers was Guenther Orgell, at that time head of the "Friends of Germany," through whom the propaganda was distributed to various branches of the organization throughout the country. In those days Orgell lived at 606 West 115th Street, New York City, and was ostensibly employed as an electrical engineer by the Raymond Roth Co., 25 West 45th Street.
No one seemed to be paying any attention to this visitor or passenger talking to the steward. With a quick glance around him, Orgell took in everyone in the library and seemed satisfied. He caught the steward's eye again and nodded. The steward opened a closet in the library, the second one left of the main aisle on the port side toward the stern of the boat.
If he wishes he can get more any time; that is, if you recommend it. Please say how many you need and what else beside the first readers and primers you need. I will take care that it will be promptly attended to. Fritz Kuhn, of course, has to be informed of your request and has to give his okay.... With German greetings, CARL G. ORGELL.
When Orgell needed trusted men to deliver messages to and from the boats as well as to smuggle off material, he usually called upon the American branch of the Stahlhelm, or Steel Helmets, which used to drill secretly in anticipation of Der Tag in this country.
The letters the Committee treated so cavalierly are from E.A. Vennekohl in charge of the foreign division of the Volksbund für das Deutschtum im Ausland with headquarters in Berlin, letters from the foreign division headquarters in Stuttgart, and from Orgell to Gissibl.
He was commander of one of the American branches of the Stahlhelm which had offices at 174 East 85th Street, New York. While he was in command, he received his orders direct from Franz Seldte, subsequently Minister of Labor under Hitler. Seldte at that time was in Magdeburg, Germany. To help Orgell in his smuggling activities, Mutschinski supplied him with a chief assistant, Carl Brunkhorst.
The first is dated October 29, 1937, and was sent by Orgell from his home at Great Kills, S.I.: Dear Mr. Gissibl: Many thanks for your prompt reply. My complaint that one cannot get an answer from Chicago refers to the time prior to May, 1937. I assume from your writing that it is not opportune any more to deliver further books to the Arbeitsgemeinschaft, etc. The material which Mr.
Orgell, dressed in an ordinary business suit and carrying a folded newspaper in his hands, wandered in. Catching the post office steward's eye, he casually took four letters from his coat pocket and handed them to the steward who as casually slipped them into his pocket. There were no stamps on the letters, which, incidentally, constituted a federal offense.
Five days earlier Orgell had written to Gissibl: "You may perhaps remember that I am in charge of the work for the Volkbund für das Deutschtum im Ausland for the U.S.A." On March 18, 1938, Gissibl, who had been taking instructions from Orgell, received the following letter from Stuttgart: Dear Peter: From your office manager. Comrade Möller, I received a letter dated February 15.
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