Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-24
Askov Group Protests
Talk AS Pro-FaSciSt
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solini has received divine instruc-
tions to send his we'll trained and
armed soldiers down into Africa to
butcher the Ethiopians in punish
ment of their wrong-doing. There
is hardly a decent minded person who
will stand up and declare this to be
true.
True to Fascist tactics, DR.. Pat
mont singled out one group of the
human family on which to lay the
blame for the present ills of the
world. Taking a leaf from Dictator
Hitler's notebook he singled out the
Jewish race to be the scapegoat.
Again and again throughout his talk
in the D. B. S. hall he made state
ments aimed directly at creating
hatred of the Jews.
Even so meek and humanistic a
person as Mahatma Ghandi came in
for slurring references, as did Father
Divine and Bad Bishop Brown Dish
op William Montgomery Brown of the
Protestant Episcopal church.)
Who is Patmont!
Those readers who attended the
meeting in the D. B. S. hall will
recall that a group picture of Musso-
lini, Hitler and Stahlin was shown
on the screen and here DR.. Patmont
remarked that such dictators were
dangerous to society mentioning by
name Hitler and Stahlin but skill
fully avoiding mentioning fascist
Mussolini.
What sort of a person is this DR..
Patmont? Little is known of him,
but some insight into the character
of the man may be gained from
statements made by himself. Accord
ing to his own statement he applied
for and was granted permission to
travel through Russia as a news
paper correspondent. By represent
ing that he wished to photograph
some of the Russian radio stars he
was permitted to take camera along
and to use it freely. According to his
own statements he was shown every
consideration and treated with utmost
respect and courtesy. 1t appears that
any decent minded person would have
shown some appreciation of the hos
pitality extended. How shamelessly
DR.. Patmont abused it, is best proven
by his own statements at the meeting.
Shopping around in every nook, cor
ner and alley for dirt he came out
of Russia to screech from the house.
tops what he had found. Travelling
through Russia under false cOlors
probably explains why he pursues the
same tactics in America. Having his
m etings sponsored largely by
churches he thereby secures a re-
ligious background for his fascist
propaganda. Not content with the re-
ligious background alone, he attempts
to give his meetings a patriotic col
oring by asking the audience to stand
and sing the first stanza of America
That there should be some persons
in the audience who object to having
America defiled by singing it at a
fascist propaganda meeting causes
little wonder.
Dislike CamOuflage.
1.-The League Against War and F'as-
cism voices no objection to having
speakers present the dark side OF
communism, nor the beauties OF Mus
solinis fascism,-Or any other con-
troversial subject; but the League
does most strenuously protest against
speakers camouflaging their real mo-
tives under a cloak of religion. pa
triotism and red batting.
1.-The above statements are here
presented for the serious considera-
ton of the readers of the Askov
American. The League is convinced
that when the readers seriously con-
slider all the statements made by the
doctor, they will realize that the pro-
fascist propaganda far outweighed
the anti-communism arguments.
1T is probably true that there Is
neither freedom of speech nor press
in Soviet Russia. However, any per-
son who is at all informed on world
events knows that such liberties do
not prevail in Austria, Germany or
Italy where fascist dictators are in
control. Therefore. it follows that an
argument against communism is not
a sound argument for fascism."