The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-12
,4;on of Christian Defender
Pupil. ss Doors to Nazi Meetings;
ope Fuehrer ExhOrts Christian
>a'l,' n;Iizers, Strong-arm Men


>a' Mopilizers, Strong-arm Men
"' CHAPTER 6
-, 10 now, I had been working
w +od the edges of the fascist
fro uement. How was 1 to get in
hlOt tse inside? After some prelim-
on wv thought 1 went to Stahren-
T srg with bold plan
~ note I'm thinking of putting
= newspe GER of my own"
o'' rpvino to take business away
rneq'' he asked, laughing.
cen mo- o. Pete" said. Your paper
70 thousands of readers all
s0o s the country. I want mine TO
oN'l email mi,neographed weekly
DC IN tell patriots what's going on
i, New York.
- "Whstll you call it,
sa. ~ want to call it The Christian
defender" l said.
po,e agreed TO design the mast
.o9d and print my name prom
Hea n+1v as editor and publisher
I l,eino this ruse of being "patri-
u .;a 'nn,blisher" l planned to attend
e 'erret meetings. establish contact
Set ~, innortant fascist leaders and
Wv at first hand their revolt
I .sa,a schemings against Democ-
racy.
Tho Christian Defender was de-
rherstelv designed to be one of
nv coarsest sheets published in
Nav G.T York. The cruder it got, the
r NV it lied, the more it slandered
mo low and assailed Democracy,
tbe more popular it became.
autographed .n 200 copies of each
. . and sold $50 copies at two
rsnts each at patriotic meetings
svd through the Germania Book
s using the balance for my
.orrespondence with American fas.
.;s+s The income covered all ex-
,pnses. | had no qualms about
wbljshing the hate sheet because
circulated only among those who
.rpadv we're confirmed fanatics
The first three copies of every
issue went to the pro-democratlc
COINS with which l was associ-
sted Subsequently, 1 filed a com.
re1e set with the Department OF
Justice.
The Christian Defender gained
FIR me the respect Of countless
American Nazis, including FatnGl
Coughlin, who thanked me by let
ter. and through Carl Pinkston ask
ed that two copies be sent him
every week. Even Seward Collins,
the wealthy Intellectual fascist.
called it bright and asked me
tc leave three copies at his office.
The Christian Defender also be-
came my passport to Nazis abroad.
began to hear regularly from
the Deutscher Fichte-Bund, named
after the German philosopher who
taught that Germany was predes-
tined for word domination. Its d.
rector, Theodor Kessemeier at
Hamburg, addressed me as Dear
Friend" and placed me on his
mailing list. He sent me copies
o. Hitler's speeches, reams Of lies
about the Jews and told me OF
Germanys valiant crusade for
world peace and world justice.
was sent pictorial proof of Polish
atrocities and was invited to en-
tel a contest sponsored by the In
ditute for Aryan Studies.
As a Christmas gift, Kessemeier
4 sent me picture IF Adolf Hitler
addressing the Reichstag. The let
ter arrived marked Via Siberia. y
showing that Soviet Russia during
the Hitler-Stalin pact served Ger
many as an unwilling collaboration.
The handspring OF Nazi strategy
Was 10 keep the masses confused.
Servile and forever ignorant. That
is why my Christian Defender was
50 successful. My formula was
simple, Everything hottie to Nazi
aims was called Jewish or Com.
mnist and the two made synony-
nous. realized how easy it was
to become a merchant of hate.
Lies. A typewriter, a mimeograph
machine, paper and Lies! Simple
as that,
Although I did my utmost tc
conflne its distribution to those who
already we're chronic hate mon
gers, The Christian Defender founc
Il Us way 70 Washington. The State
department sent me a form tc
ascertain whether l was an agent
d u foreign principal" The
81 ,tfeasury Department demanded te
d Know why George Pagnanelli hac
uo' nled an income tax. My name
vas " also listed in the Congressional
E Neeofd as a Nazi worker.
Il a., VI nose Who are interested il
81 ,, 'e vi thlS prov ocatlve shee
n,a mlay say that after sever "a.
r 1lvi.ns publication, [ gave up TIL,
baa s NAah Defender which by thel
h baa served its purpose. Known ant
c rsny respected from co st t,
as s'' as sterling patriot" m,
snsno issue carried the notice o
ra AS Na az: in the summer of 1913
n 1eae t N their American bench
rao n , 'nal the collapse of Democ
t5o wv, weS out a matter of months
Tho a ,alah Mobilizers burst upo
McWin relged as Joseph Ellswort
Nal ~ handsome Joe Nj
Whna dS ne was later known