COL. AMEN: That was a rally in the Garden?
STRÖLIN: It was for “German Day,” on 6 October 1936.
COL. AMEN: A “German Day” rally, correct?
STRÖLIN: It was the annual meeting of the Germans which took place on 6 October.
COL. AMEN: And a great percentage of the German-American Bund, is that correct?
STRÖLIN: Yes.
COL. AMEN: In fact, that whole rally was held under the auspices of the German-American Bund, was it not?
STRÖLIN: The fact is, a festival committee had been commissioned by all German clubs—I believe there are all in all two thousand of them in New York—and these 2,000 German clubs had united in one festival committee which organized the “German Day.” I did not know the composition of this committee in detail.
COL. AMEN: And it was at the solicitation of the German-American Bund that you made your speech, was it not?
STRÖLIN: No, it was at the solicitation of the festival committee of the German clubs of New York.