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(No. 236) Vol. XI, No. 2 ~"' Aprlll6, 1945

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WAR DEPARTMENT WARNS 1.0,000,000 SOLDIERS .. AGAINST -u; S.· FASCISM, AS VICTORY . NEARS

0 N OCI'OBER t ltH thJo weeltb' publllbed one of lbo """'' I'J'poc1aJiiJ>Owt ~ 11> ~~~e )llato..,. pf lblf •w;

Oonzral KanboU't onion 10 lbo Arm:l lo Gtbl lbo b'IDI campoiiD of lbe AmerlcaD prioo and Ill• Amortze rpdlo dire<~ apta.l lbo worltzn .of lbo naUcc wbo h;cs;Julll lh• war m,cblne which made vldory over tuda:D bit.

Thll wu a wwld aeoop; It II ....,.. 11w> llbb' lbol 11M DtWIPIPt-rt whlt.b sptot mllUou tor new. had the etory aDd eupp...- I~ bz<auae II pve ollldal DOU.,. to lbo fael lbat pr .. ~Dd racllo ._... aerv1na lbo ...._ b7 croaUOf • hate arolnll labor, clllunlb', ooDllld. a... KanbaU de­clared that lbera wu only one frODI, !hal Alhllna Iron! and homo trqnt we.n part ot the .aame war.

Anli·Fa.cut Teachint Oppo1ed · Moro than

4haU the war 11 about won. NIJ.I Oermany 11

cruthed between the AlUes on •the w,.-t (American.~ Brit. bh, C•nadlanJ, French) •nd tho Sovleta on tbe J:ul. The mo.t powertuJ ot aU tue~t countztu bu. ~n deleated.

However, trom the bec:l:nnto.a of Pl• wa:r theft wu an evident etrort made br ee~ln tnu.rerta and penon1 \0 hep Ame:rle:a lanorant of what t.be war wu abouL Pearl Har­bor wat played up, it wu potnttd oU"t Uut America w., atlack C!d aDd h•d to defend herself, tMt HJUer dec.lared war on lhe Unlled Sl.tleo, etc. Nolbtac wu uld aboul lbo rul ca .. e ot lhe war, lbe lntemaUcmal fuclll plo~ lbo lUlU· Komlntom hltl, which HJUzr slp>ed wllb man1 Dlllona, aDd ll.t prc>palanda cllvlsloo which IJ>ddant.tU, DOI.tblf AmtrltiN tueh .. u:-concressman BamDtoo rtab, • · doraed. In eon.,_ .,pecloU1 lh..-e wu open 01>-'tlon lo edocaUna bolb tho ooldlt<J In lh4 lninlnc ca111po and lba dvlllan populaUon about the oature · ot ou.r entft\7, world tasclam..

Anti-Fa.ci.& Pamphlet Suppre,.ed Tho omoo of Facti &. FI(UI'a-later called lha omce of

War lntonnotlon-publl&bC!d a are.at document aaalntt world tue.l.tm. Jt waa called •'DtvJde & Co.nqu~· and abowtd how In the United Sta:tea men, ora:lnhiUon~, newtpapert, radio commwtatorw and othen were tollowlnl the Hitler Unt ot dlvldlnl tho Ame,rlcan peopt... Hatred of labor unl.of\1 (lpread by the Amorlcan PI"HHin the PitY ot corporatSonJ), rOllltOUI hatzoid, moollT anU~Uom, Jlmcrowlim, aDd alml1•r Hltledan tacUcs were expaNd in the oft\clal US aov\ pamphlet.

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Wllbln tho 'P"tl ,..,, llaa~ 10 lbo labor and lnnuence 'of llfaJor Qenenl F H Oollofl'• chief of the morale cllvltlon, lbo enU... altuaUon )lu been cha.,ed. '

Not only hu the vut campaiiJl of tMluc:aUnl the army, and tbenb7 raJ.alnC lta moral•, •ucCMded, b\.lt lht War 0,­pa.rtm.ot hat been more tortbrtcht than what it 10 humor­oualy called lhe Amerlcalllroa - The Wor Doparlmenl hu tuued fact abeeta, ln.to:rmaUoo l\lldea. lec:ture 1ummarler, ete, ICN'tll erltlcal of preu aDd radio on t.he labor queaUon; it bu luued 1 pamphlet on Spain wbJcb llya the blame tor the Framo u-pc1J1ne 0q lntunatJonet taada:m. and expora moot of lbe Ua publllbed In lbo Ia)' IIDCI clerkal preaa acata.l 1bo Lo)'allata; II hu IDcllc~ bl& - !nlcala bzhiDd wi>rld tucllm; II hu liNed ao order acata.l Army Jim Crow; It bas, ID a WO)', doao lbo aame kind ol oxpoofs wblch IN F.&n It dolnf

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Pflicjql 4~~ on TVali11f f~m ADd oow lbot lbo !ful pert of taaclam II fallln& aport.

Ouman.y foUoWI ltaq In ckteat. and .Jape.o II Nte t.o follow In qukltez onlor, lbo War Dtpartmeol l.tkl'O a vaot alride ahead, a.Dd publllb,.. 1 lt:atlmtDl on 1 tubjec:t ,.,bich the znaJorlt)o of......_.,.... and racllo ~liolll aDd lbe al.tl>danl meant ot lnform~Uoo aDd eorru:zuanJctUOa dare oot mention: naUve A.merteao fNc::Jam. Not onl7 dOll lbe War Depart· mont brlnc thJo lo Uchl bul II IIIII the 116,000 orlent.tUon I.Dd ediJCIUOa oM~ Of tbt ltmed MrVJCIJ to hold dltc::UI­alon llfOupo, prepare l..:luroa, ond'balp Prtpara lhe mlnda ol our 10,000,000 now ID lb. Mrvlceo IQ -.bat oallvt tucllm al home wb ... lbo7 ~ 1o clvU II~.

Hera lllbe _,or part of lbe lui of lbo olllclal lnll:tu<Uon ahee\1 •• Mnt to lw r•cr b-y wrenl ~ one tn New 0"'- - I>04M'I b)' lbo -lp.

TE1T IF U ·• UPIIE IF IITIVE FUIIII W A.R DEPA.IITMENT

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YOU ARE AWAY FROM HOM:!, sei>ueted trom your farnJUet, no lonae.r at a clvUJan Job or at se:hool end

mo_ny of you' are rJ.Jklnr your very Uvet bec.luse of a lhln• called tasclml . . . •

We Am~rlclna have bH:n ft.cbUnr tudtt:l fDr more than three years. When Cecil Brown. one or ~· leacliAJ wn , correspondents, came back from the batUe t.ronu, he went on o trip that took blm Into b l& ciUu and amall towna aU ovc:r America. He ttlked and Uttened to an kinds of people. lie found lhlt moJt American• a.re va.rue about JUit what fascism really meanJ.. He found few Ame.rlciJlJ who were confident lhey would recoenbe 1 taJCJJt 11 they aw one.

'And a.re. we in uniform any more c:e:ruln whet tucllm iJ - whel'e It came from-what made tt stron(? Do we know how t:uclsm leadt men to do lhe thin.- done to people at Metdanek? Do we know bow it leadl them to attack help­leu natlont? Are Mtldanekl and war lneviU.ble ravJU of faad&tl)? Do au faaellt.l •peak onl(r German, Itallen or J apa .. nes:e-or do JOme ot them apeak our lanauaaet WID mm .. tory vletory in this wa.r automaUc~y kill tuc.ilmt Or ooutd. fasclsm rise ln the Unit~ Stattt &ttt:r Lt'• been cnu.hed abroad? What can we do to prevent itt

Perhaps Wf ought to aet to know the a.n.swe:rt. U w• don'l understand 1asdsm and reeo,:nh.e fucllm when Wb see ll, t~ mlaht crop ~p . •f!ln-y~dtr . another •• )abel- ao4 " ' "" • another war.

Fa1ci1m qnd IJ.ui(lell 1

• F'asdsm is a way to rqD a countcy-Jt'a th!. way Italy w14

run, and the way Germany and .Japan are ruq. Ul FaaeJ.Jm Js the prCcJse opposf\e of democracy. The peop.1e rup demo­cratic government$, bue tascllt eovemm~nta run the people.

Fa.scbm ts aovernment by the few and for the few. The objective Is seizure &.Q.d control ot the economJc, poliUcal, soeJal, and cultural Ute or the state. Why? The democratic way of Ute Interferes with their methOdt and deJ!re tor: ( 1) conducting buslneu; (2) llvlna \'lith thelr te1loW.men; (3) having the ftnttl PY In matter.t concemlna othen, ., woU as lhemsclves. The \>asle pd.nclplts ot democr•cy atand in the wa.y of Lheir desJres; hence-democracy mu1t 101 An7· one who is not a member of theh· lnne.r a ang hts to do whot he's told. They permJt no dvn Ubertl~, no equality ~tore . the law . ... They ma.Jntoln themselves in power by use ot torte combined with propa&anda bastd on prlmlttve Ideas of ' 'blood'' and ''race," by s\lllful manipulation of fear and hate, and .by false promlse of secu rity, The propa1anda glorifies war and intlats It Is sma.rt and "re•lbtJc·'' to be pltnes:s and violent.

Question: How does t:asclsm get ln power? How cen a vio­lent pro(l'am that enslaves the people win any Jupport?

Financial lntereau Behind Ftucum Fu clsrp ceme to power·Jn Germany, Italy and J a,pan et a

time ot social and economle unrest. A small arqu p of men, I UJ)PQt ltd In ~r-et by powerful AnancJal and mllltal')' In· ..... terests, convinced enou&h lruecure people · that l atcllm would give Ulem the thlnga they wanted • •. .

At the very time thtt the ta.aclata procletmed that their party wos the party ot the "average dt:l.ten," they .were in .. the pay ot: certain bla lndwtdaUsts and ftnanclea who wanted to run the people wllh an lron hand.

'I'he fU<:LIO p romlaed evCcylhinl to everyone: They would make the poor r ich and the rich ,l'lc:het. \ To the farmers, the fascis ts promllcd land throu.IH ellmJneUon ot lara:e es· t ales. To the workers they promlted elimination of unem­ployment--jobs tor all at htah wean. To tho small bualnea men they proml.sed more customen and profttl lhroulh the elimination of la!ae buslneu en'lerprbes:. To bJ& buatneu men and the Jndwtrhallat.l they •ecretly p romJM<i ereater ae­curity and profttl tht'ouah tho tllmlnatlop_ of ameU bualness compeUton and trade u.nlont and tho c:ruahln• of aoC.IaliJU and communists. 'to the wbole nation ·the7 promt.ed atory and wealth by conquest. They UM:rted n wu their rtabl, as a "super" r people,•• to ru)e the world,

AI aoon '" then method,.had won them enou.Jb ot a tol· JowlDI to torm their Storm Troo·Pf, the tuc:.IJ'l4 bepn \lllna force to aU1lo end w ipe out any oppoattJoo. Tb010 whq IIW throuch the t alse tron t ot tuc:llm and oppoaod t.bem were beaten, tortured and k..IUed.

Tbe tuclltl lmew that aU bellevut m demoerae1 wer• tbeJr eoernlet. TbQ' lmew that U.. tundameot.a1 prlnclple of democracy-talth In tbe c:ommoo NnM ot the common peopl6-wu the o~te ol the ludol priD<Ipte ol rule by the eUt. few. So' Lbey t:oueht democracy in all Itt pbUN. •. . Tiley played tho pollllca~ "IIIIOUI, OO<i•l and o<onomic arouP. aplnat each other and ~ tel&ecl power while these ll'OUIIO llf\alod acalnlt poch ~thU.

L#Uls B.uin&l &lray,d Ql,ie~Uon: How 'could &he Juellta k:M,p thel.r contradictory

proml.te:t. ooce they 10t 1n powuT How cUd thelr pro1r1m aHually work out? .

It wu easy enouP tor the fuc.WI to prorpllo all tbln&l to aU people before they wore t.o power. Once U..7 were ac· tuall,y in ~wer, they could not. ot COW"'I.. keep their eootra .. dlctory prOmitea. They bad tbtoodecl In advance to brt.a.k: some. and they did break thOH they )lad made to tbe middle da.ue~, the workera. an4 \be tarmen. · •

M 100n u the tudaLJ were ln control of the covei'IUJM_nt, the torturlnp and )f.Ullnca w,. no lona:er the unlawful acta ot a pollUc:al J)I.I't7 and lt:l hoodlum p.np. They became

• oft'lclaLcovemment policy. Amona the ftrat vlcthna ot thll omclal policy Went tho .. tanners1 'li'Orker,, and unaU bUll­D.,. men who bAd bellu.s-tb•·~-tbat ha4 .been .. made to them and who co1npla~ ~t the;y bad been "t ucked ln.". Some llmpl7 v~nlth~ ~ thq came home 1<> their lanilll .. by relun\ mall ID ptu. Jan ol uh ...... " The tudata d.olved" unemployment b7 convet'Ufll' their patlo'n.s Into atant war machlnes. The u.q.employ~ were elther con.acdpted. in to the arm,y or oraantztd in labor bat· taUona and put (o work In -;..ar planbl. ·

Why Fa~cilu 4 re 4,U.Union . Deprtft4 ol lbeu 1UIIoM. lbe -~ _ ... could be

drlvea. io work loacar aa4 ~er fw te. aD4 •-·moa.e)', 10 that those who aubaSdized and ran tuclam could arow richer. By wjplna 9ut aU internal compeUtlon-apeclelly the tmaU and medlum·&lzed bua:lnesa ~protlt.s were tn· creased atiU htiher tor tho handful oo• top. In aome cases, the tuclsta uien iobbled conLtol oJ the top corPorations. The UYlDI ttandardJ 'of the mauet ot: tho people dedined, o r Coune. AI they earned leu and leu, they were able to buy leu and lea of lhe'aoodl they produced • . • .

Once the tAJ<:bts were In control of the gove.mment. not even the aana on top wa• aa.te trom U.t own rne:mbert. The,re would be more loot and (M>"!8.f pof ta.act.t leader If some fucllt ln den were elfmlnl ted. Some ot the pa.ny ''bll· .ahoL&" and aom• of thOH -.yho had hel~ them take ov~r were therefore ''puraed." Many would·be partners ln the d ictatorship, lncludlna tome lndUit:riJIII;'ts, wound up In Jail, In eXile, or dead. [:(I

(:'C!'f II flpp~rt Hflr,t - ~ --· Some Americana would ltve an t:mphaClc "No" to the

(luertlon 1'Can tatcltm c:oirie to America after It baa been de,. teated abroed?" The7 would say that Ame.rlcana are too smut, that they a:re aold on the d emocr-atic way ot Ute, tbat they wouldn' t permit eny croup to put faac.t.Jm over ln America. FaacJ.tm, some ml.&ht paY, ,. aomethinl peeuUar that you And only IJDOI\f peot>-1' wba"-llke awa•Ukaa, who llke to llJte.n to apeeche. trom balc;on!a Jn Rome, or who like to think lbal thelr em,peror 11 aod. TheJr reaction ~~-~t be tblt it Ia tomethtnl "torelp" l.bat Americans would rec· oenlu In a minute, Uke lhe aooee-ltep. Tbey ml1ht feel that we'd lauab It out or e.xbtlnee ln a burry. ·

U S Hfl! 100% .4rner#caff FP~C,., Question: Do aU laecilta come from German7 1 Japan, or

ltolyf to a aood many European nations, the people t ell the

aamo way tome of us do; that f-..c.ltm wu torel1n t·o them and could neve.r become a power l.Q tbelr t.nd. Tbe7 found, however, that t uc.J.tt .. mlnded people wtthlh tbtlr bordtrt, es­pecially w i th ald t.rom the outalde; oould 1tlze power. The Oermana, or courM, made dclADl uae · of tucl&t·mlnd~ tralton \'(bom we ban COID8 to t;now poueUy u ''tha Attb cqiumn."

... Jn Frtnce, whlc.h wu c:onJildered 1 ltadlol dtmoc:ney ot lnterwpven with t.M .. muw race" tbtor7 ot tuclam la 1 Eu_rope, the betrayal waa apearheaded by 1 powertUl oUque Wl ll·planMd ''hate eampalJn" apWt mlnority raca. nll-ot native "tOO~ French" fuc.Lrta. (3] Norway bad Ill Qu_tJ.. Ilona, and other II'OU~ To "'n thetr pa.rt.lculat needa llna who w;at aJ ' 'pure-blooded" a Norwectan u Laval wu and almt. tudrtl wiU UN ai1J' one or a oomblnaUon ot tuch o "pure·blooded" Frencbma.n. The Nelherlanda' MuaerU IJ'OUPI N 1 cOovenlent ecapept. were •·tooe.xo. Dutch," Bela.lum'• DeareliH "100 ... BeJatan;•• 2. f'uclsm cannot tolerate JUCh rtlJatow and ethical con· and Britain's Mosleya "100" B·rftlab." The United Statel allo ' eept.l 11 lhl ~rothethood ot man." FNelatl den)' the Deed has IU native tasclsta who aay that lhe:y ue "100 percent .. tor ' tnle.ro.IUonal coope.raUon. Th ... ldeu contradict the American." There were maUve tuelstl ln the Phlllpplnu, ln fuclat th.acy · ot the "''mutu race..•• Tt\e ·Motherhood ot Tbol)(and '(Slam), In Chloa, In Surtpl, ln many other coun· man irppll• that aU ~pl..,_reaardlea ot color, race, erMd, tria-all waltJna to become wllUnr puppeta of the AxJ•. or naBonalUJ-have rlctJti. lntemaUonal coopentlon, u Not ono ol these taaclsts 11 a "fore:l1ntr'' who h8d to be lm· ' expreaed in lbe Dumbarton Oeka propoull. 1'\lN counter ported from Gennany, or J apan, or ltal)'. to the fNdrt p.roaram ot war and world domlnaUon . ..•

QIJeJtlon: Have any a roup.! In America uJed tuc:Lat tactlea RJiht now our naUve f.uc:gq are aprudlnl 1-DU··Brltlsh, and aJ)peolt? antt .. Sovlet, entl.·l"tencb, and anU-Unlt.d Natlont prop• ·

Most of the people Jn Amedee Uke to be &ood ne:tah· 11nda. , • • • bors. But, at variout qmes and placet In our bbtory, we · a. It 11 ecxurate to ca.U a member ot a c:ommunUt puty have ht~d 10rry Instances o! mob sadism, lynchlnta, vJ(llantj • ••commu.nilt." ror abort. he it' otteo called a "Red.'" In· Lam, terror, and tuppresaJon ot dvU Ubertle.J.. We have hl 9- 4iacrlmtnate plnntq of the label ''Red" on people •nd pro-our hooded gonas, Bla,ck Ltelona. Silver Shlrlt, end raelal pofa).t whlcb one OPpolfl 11 a COII\IDOQ poUUcal devJoe, It and rellaJous b la:ots. All of them, In the name ot Amerl- 11 a favorite trlek ot natCYe u well u torelcn t.aldttt. canbm, hove uaed undemocraUc methOtb an~ doctrlne. Many tucl.Jtf make the •purtou. clllm ~t Ole world h., whfch ex~rlenee has shown can be property ide.nUfted •• but two cholc....._.Jtber futllnl or coqununllm, and they "Cosc:lst.'' ltbel81 ~communlltJ• eveeyon, wbq ~to 1uppOrt them.

C k d 'II '--' S ~· • • ,. 87 attac~ our tree t:n!!J"prlle1 caplta.lllt democracy and rae ·pot$, an n ew.... flotUIIJI'U~... ., by denyJn,'·ili· ellecllveaiioo cWqui WIT 'ol Ill• they bope Con we J ftord to b'nuh them olf as mere crack:pota? 'We to trap m.an.Y peopl,. ·~ •

once loughed Hlller of! ••• harmless Utile clown wllb • n•·•-r' ., fRed Bo,ey t·unny mustache. · • """

ln Jonuary 1944, 30 Amcrletn.s, mJ.ny ol them n1Uve HIUer lntltt.ed thl t on.Jr t~ could aave Europe tnd born, were Jndlcted by a Federal Orand Jury on t.barr ea of the world from the ••communlat menace.'' There were many con~•plrfnl{ with "the Nazi p.arty t·o accompUth the obJec- people lnatde and • outalde Germany and I taly who wel-tives or s.ld Natl party ln the United States." 'I'heie ob· oomed end •upported HIUer and Munolinl because they be· jt>C'tivcs, occordJng \0 the Indictment, included undenntnlng ll6ved tuclam wa.a the only u teruard aaaJnat communttm. and impairing "the loyalty and morale ot the mltltary and The "Red boaey'" was a conv·Jpcina enouib arrumcnt to naval forces or tho United States." The case ~nded in a help HIUer take and maintain power. The Rome·Berlln-mi.strlal caused by the de3th ot the presJdln(t j udge. The Tokyo AxiJ, whOH agreaalona plunpd the world Into que$tlon of re-lndktmcnt Is .till under consideration. [4] alobal war, W 81 called the "Anti-Comintem Axla." It will

Whenever free gove'rnrnentt onywhere.fall to .solve their proclalmed by Hitler, MUIIOllnl, and Hlrohlto u a "bulwark basic eeonomlc and social pi'Oblenu, there Is always tl)e 1.11lnst communllm.." -danger thal a natJve brand o·c ro.selsm wtll arise to exploit Le1.mtn1 tO JdentJty n1Uve tasciJ LI 1nd to detect their the sltu{ltlon and the people. techniQues t• not euy. They p1m It lht t way. But It is

Can We Spot It? QuelitiOJ\! How can we identUy native American fasclsis

at w2.rk? An Amerfcan tascJst &eeJdnft power would not proc:lalm

that ht lJ a fasciat. Fascisrq always eamouftaees Ill plans and pur-J)oses. H ftler made demagoalc aJ)peall to tll croups and swore: "Ne1ther' t nor anybody In the NatJonel Soclalfsl • Party odvoc{ltes proc~ins by "Dylhtna but' constitutional molhOdl."

Any fnsciJt attempt to ealn power l.n Amtrtca would not us.e the exnct Hitler pattern. It Would work unde.r the guile Of " super-patriotism '" an4 "aupe_r-Ame-d CQnJitn." fat• clst leoderJ are neither slupld nor naive. T'hey know 1hat they rnu.st hand out a Une that "se.lls.' ' Huey Lona jJ said to have remarked that It tas:clsm eame to America, It would be on e program ot ·~Americanism." '

Tilree Way• to Spot US F~cut1 f usclsts In America may dltre:r slJghUy from ta.tcL.-tl In

o\her countries, but there are a number of a tUtudes and J)ractlceJ thot they hav' In common. i"ollowlnf ar~ three. £very per.on w.ho has one of then1 l.s not nece11ar-Uy a tu· clst. But he Is Jn a mental 5tate that le:nds Itself to the ac-ceptance of fascist alms. •

l. Pitting ot religious: racial, and tc-onomlc groups aaalnat one onother In order to break down national unity La a de­vice or the "divide and conquer" teehnl(lue used by BlUet to aalo power In Germany and Jn other countries, With sllg'hl v#itriallont, to suit loeal cond1Uom,1oscbta: everywhere have used this Hitler method. In many countTles, anti­Scmllllm (hatred of Jew.s) Ia a dominant devloe ot taac:lfm. In the United States, native fAseJstl have often been anU­Catho11c, ariti-Jew, antf .. Nerro. anti-Labo.r, antl·torelcn­born. ln South Amer-lca. the native fascl!lts use the aarrte: scapeaoaU except that they substitute anti·Protettantltm Cor onU·CathoUdt m.'

vttaUy important t.o Jeam to spot them, even thouah they • dopt n·amea l.tld 4)oaans with popular appeal, drape them· ~lvts wStb the Amtr-lct n ftag, and attempt to carry out thtlr prorram in the name ol the democracy ~ey are trying to de:ttroy.

ROUI to Stop ,, QuesUon: How can We prevent taacllm trom developlns

) ln the Unlted St.atea1 • The only way to prevent fatclam troll\ aetUns a bold In

Ameclca It by maldnc our democracy work and by tctJvely coopuattnr to prHerve world Peace and .ttoeurHy.

Lota: of thlnp can hiiJ?pe:n inside of pt"OPlt: when they· are unemployed or b\l.ncrY. Tbe;y become trlaht"tned, ancry, d~perate, confused. Many, Jn thelr mt.auy, seek to ftnd .amebody to blame. Th~y look for a scapeeolt as a way out.. Fucbm Ia alway• re8dy t.o provide ohe. In Its bid for power, It Ia ready to drive weda:es that wlll' dbuolte the people and weaken the nation. It IUPPliN the acaperoat­Cathollct, JeWJ, Nqroea, )1bor unions, bl.l bu1lness-eny aroup upon wbJcb the lnlecure a_nd unemployed ea.n be brou&bl to pln the blame IOJ their m!Jtortune. (5]

We au knOw that many .aerl~ut problems wlll tace us when the war 11 over, ' U theA .11 a period ot economic alresa It will create tenstou 1mona our people, · includlnl ut u ' returned vete.rau. The resentment. may be dlrected acatn~l mlnodUu-apec:lally 1t undemoc.ratlc- OrtanJzaUon.s wlth power an<l money can direct our emotloot and thJnklna a ]Oll.l tbtte Un ...

Cidun'• Job io FilM Ftuc#fm The ft.a<:J.at dOClflne ot hate tulAlla a triple mtaaloo. 'By

tt;tAUnt diaunJty-lt wenena demo<:racy. 87 Jeltlnt men to hate rather than to think-It pnventa men tram teekln& the nal ciUH and a democratic mlu\Joo ot the problem. Bt fake fn'omlaea ot Joba and aec:urll)-, t uelam then trl• to Jure men to ~ta prOfl'aJD u tbe ~ out ot ln.teCUrlty, Oolj

by democntlcally aolvln& the economic PI'Ob'-"' ol our day oan thoro bo ony c:ertolnly lhat taao'-D won't bop-

· hero. Tbal II ou JM u- • CltluNblp In 1 democracy 1.1 moro than 1 bollol droHed

In a bcur on Election Day. lfs a U$-d""""·YOU Job roqulr­ln& tho ocUvo partl<ipatlon and bolt Judamont ol o¥Wy dUun to tht alraln of his commWllty, hb natlon, and hll eou.nt.ry'a relaUo01 with the world.

Fucllm thrlv•s on lndll!erence and lporanco. It mat .. headway when people are apatheUe o:r e~nlql abcHal their covernmeo'-w"en th'y think of It u eomelhiAI tar ,... moved ttom lht.m a.nd beyond tbHr personal coacern.. The e.roctJon of 1 tramc Ulht on your block lJ ImpOrtant to :JOUr Jatety and tho aafet·y o.t your cbUdren . . Tbt ereetlon of 1

world Ol'pD!za- 1o IOIII'W'I - and world .-.r•IY Ia jutl u lmportu" 1o our po1 s• _.tty. Both - bo tho__, ol OVU'7 ciU... r.-_ Jib - and ....nu.. - bo malplojD4(1

lA loolatloe.. II IAvol- boln& alort ADd on auanl qa1oat tho~~ DOl 0011 o1 our owp- but tho~­- oiOV'1!7 AmcluD. U wo ponnlt dJocrlmlnotlon, pnju­cll .. , or bal<i lo rob ..,_ ol blo -.aile rlcbtl, our own tr.odorn and all _,..,. Ia lbrooi<IMd.

Wbat Ia truo ol Am8tea Ia truo ol tho world. 'lbo pnn olluclom c...- bo quaranUMd Ill a MIJ!Ilcb ll<own Houoo or a balcony In Rome. tt tH want to make c::ertaln that lu­cl.Jm doet not come to America, we mu.tt cnakt cutalo that U don not thrlvit anywht.rt ln lht world.

, . NATIVE AMUICAN FASCISTS lOT JtAMED 1111 DOCUMENT T liE FOREGOING document wiU probably 10 down In

hl1tory aa one ot the most important US omclal atato· menta on both forele:n and naUve t ucltm.

lfowover, Ge.nera.l Olbom and tho War Department were not ln a potllJon to name the real leadll'lhlp of Amerlc::an tucl.&m. Nor could they name u f tRI.at lhOte eounttt .. with whom tho US malntat.ns dlpJomaUc relltlon.a.

There are ftve numbers In bi'ICirelf inlarlecl In th~ do<u· me:nt.. He..re are the o:pla:natton:J: ' •

( t) The document namH only I tal}', Gennan7 fond J•paa.. Spain and PortuuJ, whlcb answer the dOKriptlon ol IUC'-100~. are not named. N<ither IJ .t!tero any meatlon olthe reotnt lllelot Pollob rq~ dominated bT the londownln& priMU and the dlque of coloneb. ·

Betrayal by "Upper Cia .. " (2) Tho document stoteo that J>-ckers ol Hltlarbm wen

ai.Jo purred. Only one corporatJ6n head1 however, wu de­prived of hl1 wealth: J"rrtz TbyiSf:n. ThytHO Ofllnlafd the money UM:IImentl on ateel and eoal production which made Hiller, but Thyucn wu o Cood QaJi,ollc and prot.,ted the murder of Jowt. HU wealth wu condlc:ated. But hil brother, Baron Tbyasen-Bomlmitz.a, took Frtt.&'l place. No other big backer ot NazJlsm sutrered~n.ly lrNill but lnell men and tho workers. Naz.Usm, Uka M~Hnl't tudtm, ond American l aaclarn, 1s backed by the weallhleft clau.

(3) The French fascJsb who betrayed theJr nation were lhe 200 leadlna families. the directors ot the Banque de France, lhe merchants ot d~th and lbe biQflt butlnHt lnttretta..

(4) The ao lndlcu.d were with one or two oxeepUons k.nown 11 .. vennlo" tuellta. the little faSC'lsta, h71Lerla cuu •uch u Mrs DlltJn&,_r<l'41ous lanaUcs. crackpota. One real fl«:llt Ia lA~ ~ writer, auoc::late ot Paul Palmer and La"NTenee E Spivak on the Amert~n Mercury, where Dtnnls publiJIIed blo luciJt propaaanda. (Polmor Ia DO!" .enlor editor of Reader's Di&est.)

Leading US FtUciata Named Thero ..,. ouineroUJ zpore important and mort powerful

tatc.latl wbo were not lnd.tcte<l. Her. tor example, art thoeo noml<l by tho Attpruy General o!the US (and now Supreme Court Ju.sUce) Robert H J1dt10n:

MaJor OeDeral Vaa Bona IJOMiey who wat 1.1100lated with numoroui tatc:iltl, locludlria wealthy me.n, who wanted him to aolt.e tho •oveinmenL

II W Preolla Jr, prealdtnt or the National AaoeJ1Uon of Manutacturc:rt· (at the time Jacltaon U1ted bJm), lhl mo•t powerfLtJ oraanJuUon In America, whJcb hu tho m01t pOw .. crtul lobby lnJJuenclnc lelillaUon to Conareu •nd which controls tho Amerlc.n Ne~aper PubUihera Aun ( ' ccord· ln11 to Monoaraph 28, TNEC, Monopoly lnvesU1aUon).

Tbe llatllrclaT Bnnl.aa•Pool. wblcb beaon publiJIIIna pro­MuiJOIInl· propa1anda lA the !1120's and whlcb preoeded tha Reader's Dl..,t u the leodlnl< r .. cuonary, btuod, and pr<>· lucl.tt popular mapalne lA tile country.

<lol UMI>oow'b, Wb- wrltlnao In Rac!Wo Dlpst on ,. .. , color and blood wera 100~ lA the Hitler -ada Uno.

Mcrwbo ll ll&rl, praWent o1 N Y Sl<il<i -Jc COW!· <II, now P...,.dent ol tho Natlenal ll:conomJc Council. a bla corporoUon pro.laocllt oulftt olthe typo ol Publlah« Oan­nett•a COmmlttea lor Conslltutlenal CloYI and J-" ltamp's Constitutional Educallnnol Leaaue.

Leapo IN ~ 0..._ Atlon>OT Gel ~adraocl made a typoenphlcal error boN. Ho ,._ thli outfit ol ftahtlna tho lncomo tu. It Ia tho Oannoti·PMie-R\Imlb Commltl<ialor ConslltuUonol Oovt.

(Sourc•: Mr Jua1Je. JaC:bo.n'a Uat of American tue:lat.l

will bo lound In tho Law Journal ol tha La"( Society of MUNcbuaetta, Nov 1840. fUt tddrMt namlna the tascllls was supp..- In obout II~ ol tho p...,).

(0) The docwnant says that laoc:tstl ftll\ke tcape101t1 ol mJnonu .. J web ai: Cathollce, J•••• Nearoet, labor uoJons, and "blabUIIAelo."'

There Ia no blolorleal avl- Cl( bla bualneu ever bela& macle" P. lf!IP'C911 !'r l>tlM a111••od by laaollm, IAaunuoh U bJJ buam-' lA 'eire~~ - caM and lA Over)' cOuntry Is tho plJ'm&ltOr ol IUclaD!. 'I'M document m!Gt bave meont Uttlo btulaao. It C<Nid alto .bavo dllloronU.Uld be· tWMD IIUcl! -- II Ia -l<id bJ' Eric Jobns!Do, !toad or tho us Cba...- o1 ~ and IIUcb bualnea u Ia .---ted by the Dul'onll AI!Nd P Slooo. Joe ~w and other Pews, Glnllu ol a.pub\Jc Stea~ Wolr of Weirton. Tbae are the men wbo now eontrol tbt N'atJoaal AuodaUoo of Maoutacturen:, which t.aJltd to aJp the labor-lociUitry charter with Jolmllon, An. hud Oroon and CIO bud Murray. Ge:neral Moton, S'unoco, the beadt of 1JtUe steel, and other NAM beada were expoeed by the St:oator (now Supreme Court Ju.tJce) Black lobby toveaUaatJon u the mpln subsldlz.en of twenty naUve fatctlt ora•nllatJonJ.

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