The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-03
Plotting the American Pogroms
Vol Chosen for ''COOd
Will Commission
To Germany

on the other hand, to the Ma
tional Socialist Party to lift or at
least modify the more drastic re-
strictions upon the Jews in Ger
many.
Sincerely yours,
(signed) RALPH M. EASLEY.
THIS tricky scheme to stop the
boycott and give Nazis a chance
to blast their publicity against the
Jews and the boycott did not mate
rialize, for the Jews, though they
did not know that Easley was re-
porting to Viereck, became some
what suspicious of Mr.. Easley's
sudden interest. It was instinct
with them. Perhaps when they read
this confidential report they will
see that their instincts served them
we'll.
Easley is still interested in stop
ping the boycott. Perhaps the
wealthy Jews, who are contributing
to Easley's and VOLTS organization,
can explain the activities of the
chairman of the executive council
of the Civic Federation of which
Vol is the acting president, espe-
cially since the A. F. Of L. went
on record as favoring the boycott.
There are great many Jews in
the A. F. of L., as well as a great
many gentiles who do not like plot
ting behind the scenes and report
ing to Hitler agents.
I think that this effort to send
Good Will Commission (Which
Schacht approved of and stopping
the boycott is now finished with
the publication of this secret report
to Viereck. Let us, then, get on
to other of the professional
patriots" activities, this time in
disseminating anti-semitic propa-
ganda.
I pointed out earlier in this ar
ticle that when Viereck came back
from Germany in October he had
large sums of money available. At
this period the patriotic" Mr.. Eas-
ley became intensely interested in
disseminating Adolf Ehrt's book,
Communism in Germany" which.
though purporting to be an attack
on Communists, is actually filled
with cunning anti-semitic propa-
ganda-the best kind to get across.
Easley, with Viereck maneuvering
and advising in the shadowy back
ground of international intrigue,
worked desperately to get Jews to
endorse the book. What Viereck
and Easley wanted was prominent
Jew for this and Easley wrote to
Morris Waldman, secretary of the
American Jewish Committee, send
ing him copy of the book and the
suggestion that Waldman get Judge
Joseph Proskauer to okay it. The
letter, dated October l6, 1888, fol-
lows:
Dear Mr.. Waldman:
In pursuance of our talk on the
telephone, 1 am sending, for your
confidential information, a copy
of the book described in the en-
closed copy of letter.
At luncheon today of a COM
mittee including General John
Ross Delafield and Congressman
Hamilton Fish, Jr., both these
gentlemen suggested that we
ought to ask Judge Proskauer or
some other patriotic Jew of prom
inence to sign with them and 9TH
ers the Foreword herewith en-
closed. They said that, as Pros
kauer and all the other members
Of the conservative Jewish group
that he represents are as bitterly
opposed to Communism as are
they, he might be willing to en-
dorse this.
At any rate, look over this and
let me have your reaction tomor-
row morning as well as you sug-
gestion as to whether 1t would be
wise to try to get a Jewish CO.
signer.
Sincerely yours,
(signed) RALPH M. EASLEY.