The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-27

different political history.
1t is presenting the country
with the first Fascist candidate
for the U. s. Senate.
He is the Rev. Gerald B. Win
rod Of Wichita. Running on the
G.. O.. P. ticket he has a mysteri-
ously well-heeled campaign fund
and because of an opposition split
up among three other aspirants,
he is 3-to-2 bet for nomination.
Kansas Republican leaders, pro-
foundly alarmed by Winrod' s
Roadway, are making desperate
behind he-Scenes efforts to pull
out one or two of his rivals In
order to concentrate on one strong
opposition candidate. But SO far
they have had no success, although
several G.. o. P. chieftains have
repudiated Winrod openly.
More effective than the fuddling
politicos in arousing the state to
menace facing 1t have been the
efforts Of a group Of liberal clerics
led by the Rev. j. C. Cleveland,
pastor of the First Congregational
church in Kansas City, Kan, and
the Rev. L. M. Birkhead, for 20
years the crusading pastor of the
All Souls Unitarian church in
Kansas City, Mo.
In a petition signed by a score
of the most prominent Protestant
ministers, Rev. Cleveland has APP
pealed to the House committee in
vestigating un-American activities
to "investiagte Winrod, has rec
ord, the source Of his lavish ex-
penditures and his Fascist con-
nections."
"Winrod's publications the
petition stated, "for several years
have been filled with reproduce
tiOns of Nazi hatred for Catho-
lies, Jews and Protestants. In
fact, pages of his periodicals
frequently read like pages from
Hitler's 'Mein Kampf."
Rev. Birkhead charges that
while visiting Germany in 1885
he saw copies Of Winrod's publ
cations in the files of Julius
Streicher, Nazidom's No. / Jew
batter. Birkhead has been thun-
dering against he Wichita Fas-
cist by word of mouth and a
scathing pamphlet, whats Wrong
with Winrod," which has been
published by the Kansas Friends
of Democracy.
The pamphlet grimly warns
Kansans: "Winrod is definite
menace, for If he wins the nomin-
alton the first thing we know we'll
have a formidable Hitler party
in this country. All Jew baiters
have their eyes on Winrod. If he
wins, we'll have SO Winrods run
ming for Office all over the coun-
try"
Fascist Background
Apparently anticipating this
storm against him, Winrod has
not only shut off his previous
Nazi droolings but is even deny
ing that he uttered them.
His stump speeches are full Of
vitriol against the New Deal but
no longer contain the vicious
hymns of hate he previously pub
lished against Jews, Catholic, lib
erals and educators.
In fact, some of the publications
he issued and peddled with great
zeal now have mysteriously dis
appeared.
Among these is the spurious Pro-
tocols of the Learned Elders of
zion," a Czarist forgery to in
flame pogroms in Russia. AL
though Winrod's publishing or
ganization disseminated large
numbers Of this document, it Is
now no longer obtainable at his
Wichita headquarters. But issues
of Winrods 1.-THE Defender" dated
prior to his senatorial campaign,
carry advertisements offering the
Protocols for sale in either retail
or wholesale lots.
Like his campaign mumbo- Jumbo,
Winrod's Defender" also has I'M
dergone miraculous metamor-
phosis since he entered the poll
tical arena.
Prior to this event, it was
filled with such gems as, ibid
Jim Farley Romantic the
American Post Office System?"
Being ring kissing Catholic,
his first allegiance Is to the tenn
pOral ruler Of the Vatican,
certain Mr.. Plus" Is Winrod's
answer.
During the 1885 campaign VIM
rods magazine published some of
the foulest canards disseminated
in that bitter fight.
1t also printed articles profess
ing to trace a Jewish ancestry to
President Roosevelt, with pictures
giving the Presidents face pro-
nounced Jewish cast.
Mysterious Funds
Winrod and his managers indig-
nantly deny that they are SPEND