Evening star., 1960-07-09
Can't Happen Here?

Can't Happen Here?
Fifteen years ago, millions
OF us carried arms and more
millions supported us in the
defense of our liberties and
the freedom of all men. Fiji
teen years since the downfall
OF the Axis when our dead
were covered by foreign soil
and this same soil revealed
the common graves of count
less humans who were slaugh-
tered because they were
guilty of having been born to
a certain race and subscrib-
ing to a certain faith and
belief. Only fifteen years and
today we must witness in
outraged disbelief and utter
lncomprehension the return
OF the Nazi plague blatantly
detiling a portion of the very
heart of democracy.
Here within view of our
capitol. on Independence
Day, 1860, the swastika pro-
claims that the American
Nazi Party" has been sane
toned (and defended by our
own peace off1cers) by men
whose very existence was
threatened by this same doc
trlne in the nineteen thirties
and forties. The vastly in
sulting addition of "Ameri-
can" to the name does not
remove the blood stains from
Its jowls, and its appearance
anywhere within the free
world is tantamount to walk
ing on the graves of all who
gave their lives for the dig
nifty of man.
Is 1t that our memories
are so short that we have
forgotten bestial atrocities
OF the Nazis and the threat
to the entire world? Have we
forgotten simply because the
blood shed was not on our
own soil? Has a too literal
cthe law is the law"O inter-
probation of the Constitution
and Bill of Rights confused
the minds of us who are re-
sponsible for this outrageous
encouragement of a mortal
enemy?
l am one of millions of
ordinary citizens who have
no weapon with which to
hight imminent danger to our
very lives except the pen, and
even this is not used fire.
quently because my words
would probably be received
with apathy. This present
threat is of such proportions
that / feel it to be my duty
to help open the eyes of our
complacent blind who cannot
see the forest for the trees. 1t
is at times such as this that
l feel like Alice in Wonder
land. and almost as helpless
as a man shouting into a
tornado. In the name of all
we hold sacred, I impIore
those in authority to ex-
tinguiSh this growing spark
before it is too late. Under
estimating Adolph Hitler in
the nineteen thirties was al
most fatal. and if an organi-
zation of Nazis exists in
washington, D. c., then it
is reasonable to believe that
other tentacles and a brain
also exist within this country.
Robert E. HOgue.
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The Stars picture of
American Nazi Party mem
bers clashing with hecklers
is reminiscent of the early
days of the Nazis in Germany.
But, the place is not Munich:
1t is Washington. D. c., the
Capital of the U. S. A.. the
land of the free and the
home of the brave. The time
is independence Day.
Surely such a thing can
not happen in our country
No rabble-rouser could stir
hatreds as were generated
in Germany. We print as
little about it as we can and
most times on back pages.
A form Of sweeping dirt un-
der the rug. but dirt accumu-
lates, and eventually becomes
intolerable. When are we
going to take these brown
shirted hoodlums by the
scruff of the neck and place
them were they belong, either
in asylums or jails.
People seem to have for
gotten, the era of Nazism.
Just permit George Lincoln
Rockwell and his cohorts full
stride and history will re-
peat itself. This time it will
not be in Germany, but in
our own U. S. A.