Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-24
'Phony Quotation

My congratulations to The
Star on the "Story of a Phony
Quotation" and the expose of
the nonexistent "a Racial
Program for the Twentieth
Century" 1t is an outstand-
ing example of reSourceful
and responsible journalism.
The painstaking, detailed and
objective investigation should
establish once and for all the
counterfeit character of the
quotation.
Your story suggests where
the missing link in the final
uncovering of the fabrication
may be found. 1t would be
instructive to take a look into
the background of Mr.. Eus-
tace Mullins, jr., who now
signs himself Director, So
ciety for the Propagation of
the Human Faith. Contrary
to the claims of his adher-
entS, Mullins never worked
for Senator Mccarthy.
Mr.. Mullins does not, how
ever, confine his literary tall
ents to putting quotations
into circulation. In 1852, he
wrote, adolf Hitler: An APP
probation" for the organ of
the Fascist National Renais-
sance Party. In that. year
he also wrote a pamphlet on
the Federal Reserve CON
spiracy," published by John
Kasper and T. David Horton.
The currency given to the
: quotation" in recent. days
stems from its adoption by
Representative Thomas G.
Abernethy, who placed it in
the Congressional Record. AL
though I am sure that Mr..
Abernethy has not sought it,
he has become the most
quoted authority" in the
anti-Semitic press. 1t is to
be hoped that he will now
repudiate the quotation in
the Record when he sees how
he has been taken in.
Herman Edelsberg.
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Relative to your editorial
Running Down a Hoax" we
wish to bring to your atten-
ton that Right, February,
1858, has in it an article,
THE Cat, the Bag and Israel
Cohen" 1t states that back
in 1912 Israel Cohen wrote a
book. "A Racial Program for
the Twentieth Century" etc.
You might care to contact
5 the editor of Right, Brad
ford Martin, P. o. Box 1870,
San Francisco, Calf.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Harris.
Our heartiest commenda-
ton goes to The Star for
its painstaking work in run
ming down a spurious effort
to connect the Negroes pro-
test with Communist plotting
by means of a fraudulent
quotation from a nonexisting
article entitled, "A Racial
Program for the Twentieth
Century" supposedly written
in 1912. Insidiously. through
the name of the supposed
author, the intent was anti
Semitic.
Most Of the white citizens
councils and moronic crack
pots attempt to ally Negro
protest with Communist
$ inspired efforts. The real
reason for attempting to link
communism with the fight
Of the Negro for his civil
rights lies in the fact
that the typical ante bellum
Southerner has always sup
posed that he understood his
Negroes. He has always i'm
agined that his laborers, his
cook and Negroes in general
were happy with their lot.
Therefore 1t shocks him when
Negroes in Georgia, South
Carolina, Alabama and Mis-
; sissippi support the NAACP,
protest Jim Crow travel and
petition to have their chill
+. dren seek equal education in
equal schools.
He fails to realize that i'm
proved economic conditions
have put television in rural
cabins. furnished Negroes
with more cars and provided
better education for their
children. He also seems not
TO understand that you can't
send millions Of Negro SOL
diers to Berlin, Paris, and
Rome and have them return
home satisfied with second
class citizenship. Because Of
the attitude in the South to
keep the Negro in his place,
the whole cultural and eco
nomic climate has so de-
Perforated that not only Ne
groes but millions Of young
white people are leaving the
South. And none of this has