Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-12-21
Anti Sernitisrn


The voice Of Action IL re-
viewing John L Spivak's ar
ticlss which appeared In the
New Masses, Plotting the Am
srican Pogroms." Next weeks
review will continue the series.
For the first time in the his
tory of America, a vitriolic attack
was launched against the Jews
in Congress, May %. by Louis II.
McFadden, congressman fro IN
Pennsylvania. Spivak proves In
his article that McFadden worked
closely with William Dudley Pei
ley of the Silver Shirts, the Order
of '76, and Crusader White Shirts
all organizations cooperating
with known Hitler agents In
spreading anti-semitic and Nazi
propaganda.
McFadden's highly anti-semit-
ic speech was reprinted, and then
mailed out ut government ex-
pense to these organizations,
which in turn mailed them with
out paying postage.
voters Gust McFadden
MeFadden was defeated in the
recent election for the first time
In 20 years largely through Spi-
vak's expose, which was mailed
to his voters. Spivak proved In
his article that McFadden is a
crook, has accepted brides and
been involved In numberless
stock deals.
Ralph NJ. Easley, chairman OF
the executive council OF the Ma
tional Civic Federation, is an
other prominent figure in anti
semitism in America. Easley's life
has been devoted to fighting rad
icalism. He has secretly distrib-
uted anti-semitic propaganda and
reported confidentially to George
Sylvester Viereck, paid Nazi
agent, on his efforts to stop the
Jewish boycott of German goods.
The acting president of the Ma
tional Civic Federation is Mat
thew Vol, vice-president OF the
American Federation of Labor,
which went on record as favoring
the boycott OF German goods.
Conferences were held under
the direction of Viereck between
members of the National Civic
Federation, including Vol, with
prominent Jews in the American
Jewish Committee, to try to get
them to stop the boycott by tell
ing them that the boycott would
result in a counter boycott, which
would bring about race hatred in
business. These efforts failed,
however, because the Jews be-
came suspicious of Easley's sud-
den interest.
Sponsors Anti-Semitic Book
Easley also attempted and fail
ed to get the American Jewish
Committee to endorse Adolf Hit
ler's book, Communism in Ger
many" which is filled with cum
ming anti-semitic propaganda.
This book, which was imported
from Germany by Viereck, was
distributed by the National Civic
Federation and also through the
Silver Shirts.
This same book was also distrib-
uted in Seattle by Walter Rein
hardt, former German consul who
was recently removed.
As another sidelight on Nazi
propaganda, Spivak investigated
Viola lima, head of the Youth
Congress which was called after
she had made a trip to Germany
where she saw high Nazi officials
and where she got money for
this trip abroad. This Youth Con-
gress, which was held last Aug
ust, was broken by radical and
liberal groups and taken away
from Miss lima.
Spivak interviewed Viola lima
and she denied Nazi officials paid
her way to Germany and yet she
would not state how the trip was
paid for. This is one of the activi-
ties of Nazi agents to develop
and establish fascism in America.
In next weeks Voice Of Ac-
ton see how anti-semitism Is
being spread in colleges in Am
erica, how 1t is sold to farmers
and how we must fight this
growing menace. -.-.