The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-11-19
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BY JOHN ROY CARLSON

III lea First. anti-British, nativist in
terests. He fought against the for
LITIGATION of Guam. declaring: ut
would be better to give Guam
away to anybody who would take
it, along with the Philippines"
Upon his return from Germany
Reynolds inserted in the Congress
sional Record:
The dictators are doing what is
best for their people. l say it is
high time we found out how they
are doing it, and why they are
progressing so rapidly. Hitler
has solved the unemployment
problem. There is no unemploy-
ment in Italy. Hitler and Mus
solini have a date with Destiny.
It's foolish to oppose them, so why
not play ball with them?
Held in high esteem by Ameri-
can Nazis, Reynolds also observ-
ed: America is going through a
very trying period. What is the
answer? Nationalism is the an
swer. The other great nations are
realizing it. Germany is going
places and we've gotta realize it. -
Reynolds was idolized by and re-
ouently quoted in the official Nazi
Party organ, Volkischer Beobach-
ter, and when Hitler invaded
Czechoslovakia, Reynolds justified
it by saying:
Hitler went over and took land
i'll the way that sometimes the
toys in Texas and North Carolina
used to move a fence with the
aid of shotgun, instead of doing
it legally by the way of a sur
veyor-that's all that Hitler did -
I was excited when I was told
that Senator Gerald B. Nye would
speak to an intimate group Of the
A. F. C. Saturday night, July 49,
Perhaps the most vigorous of the
America First promoters in Con-
gress, Nye's record in the Senate
bad been one of unremitting oppo-
s;tion to all major defense meas
ures for the last three years. He
helped lead the fight against Lend
Lease and elaborated intimately
with many appeaser minded
groups, regardless of their pliti-
cal leanings.
Darling of the Steuben Society,
he was quoted in the June, 1888
issue of The Steuben News as hav-
ing said:
Why should we be surprised over
what the German leadership and
the German people are doing to-
day, when we know that Germany
is only striving to win her way
cut of the injustices heaped upon
her by a mad world at the end
CT the war.
1 remained in the background
studying Nye, while others of the
AF.C. crowded around him. There
we're about 80 of us present, in
Guiding a man who gave me his
Eame as Clarence Hewes and told
me he had formerly been with the
Department of State; Mrs. Mer.
rill, chairman of the St. Peters
burg, Fla, chapter of A. F. c.;
Brant D. Allison, with the Liberal
Arts College of Northwestern uni
versity.
IT hope there aren't any gov
eminent employees present." Nye
began. Il don't care personally,
tut it might mean their jobs if
found OUT We all denied work
ing for the government and Sen
ator Nye resumed his talk. 1t was
thoroughly defeatist, the Senator
complaining that the morale of our
armed forces was terrible" and
even worse among new draftees.
He said fatty: IF England were
to make peace with Germany the
terms won't be half as bad as the
terms victorious England would
give Germany"
L was also eager to interview
Congressman John E. Rankin be-
cause of tragic event which took
place in the House on June 4,
1941. On that day Rankin deliv-
cred one of several blistering con-
formations of American Jews as
war mongers.'' Rising to protest
against the SANDER, Rep. M. Mi
chael Edelstein pointed out that
the meeting of so-called "interna-
tional bankers" which took place
yesterday on the steps of the Sub
Treasury (building) was entirely