The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-05
Sensational Expose of
Wide Anti-Semitic
Activities
By JOHN L. SPIVAK

Through the courtesy of the
New Masses, the Daily Worker
has been given permission to re-
print the remarkable articles ap-
pearing in the magazine weekly.
by John L. Spivak, welI-known
journalist, and author of Georgia
Niger" These articleS, docu-
mented, with irrefutable proof for
every statement made, show the
existence in this country of a
widespread anti-semitic move
ment, growing rapidly as the
fascist forces becomes more bold,
emanating from and encouraged
by officials in lofty places in the
government, business, universities.
In his first article, which APP
peared in the New Masses of
October 2, Spivak announces that
he will set out to prove the fol-
lowing:
1. That Americans, acting as
Nazi agents, some of them in high
Government positions, are among
the secret directors Of anti
semitic propaganda.
2. That American patriotic"
organizations to which rich Jews
contribute, are secretly using this
money for anti-semitic prop
uganda.
8. That much of this anti
semitic and fascist propaganda is
Struggled into this country; how
it is struggled and secretly dis
tributed, and by whom.
4. That Nazi uniforms are
struggled into this country; how
this is done and by whom. That
NaEis in full uniform drill in
preparation for "the day" when
there will be pogroms against the
Jews.
S. That Ralph M. EasIey, head
of the National Civic Federation
Of which Matthew Vol, vice
president, distributed anti-semitic
propaganda imported into this
country by George Sylvester Vier-
eek, paid Nazi agent.
s. That despite the American
Federation of Labor's stand in
favor of the German boycott,
Easley secretly tried to get it
stopped.
I. That Easley, head of the Ma
tiOnaI Civic Federation of which
Matthew Vol Is ce-preSident,
secretly reported on these efforts
to Viereck.
5. That nigh officials in the
State Department worked with
Easley while he was reporting to
Viereck, paid Nazi agent.
8. That a Pennsylvania Con-
gresham Ito be named, who
attacked the Jews in Congress,
took bride of 5000 and is con-
sequently just a plain crook.
10. That the North German
Lloyd and the Hamburg American
lines, in violation of their agree
ments with other shipping COM
panies, often gave free passages,
+r+auy to anti-semitic propagan-
distS,
II. That German exchange stu
dents in this country are organic
ing Nazi cells in the universities
and carrying on anti-semitic
propaganda.
IL. That the effect of this
propaganda has already reached
into big business and that at least
one insurance company h a S
started to refuse insurance to
Jews.
In this first article, Spivak ex-
poses the role of one Col. Edwin
Emerson, Nazi agent, organizer Of
the Friends of Germany, who in
conjunction with Royal Scott
Gulden, Fred r. Marvin, Richard
Rollins, ]. Schmidt and William
Dudley Policy, her ] of the Silver
shirts, held a secret meeting on
March 10th, at 1873 w. 57th St.,
and launched their program for
the dissemination Of anti-semitic
propaganda. On March S1st, the
group held another meeting aug
mented by Commander Charles E.
Gilpin, Col. C. w. ThrockmortOn,
Col. E. N. Sanctuary, Capt. Mort
arity, ]. H. Roys, and Walter