DOCSLIB.ORG

CON F'i [)Ei'ltiat

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
CON F'i [)Ei'ltiat -CON f'i [)Ei'lTIAt PRELDlDfARY INVENTORY OF mE SPECIAL HOOSE COMMITTEE ON UN-uERICANACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED TO INVESTIGATE NAZI PROPAGANDA AND CERTAIN OTHER PROPAGANDA ACTIVITIES UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF H. B!5. 196, 73rd CONGRESS George P. Perro. GON'lENTS Page Introduction ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 Invento~ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 6 Appendix AI Headings of the Correspondence of Represent&tiTe Charles Kramer, of California •••••••••••••••••••••••• 10 Appendix BI Headings of the Main Correspondence File •••••••••.•.•• • • • ••••••• • •••••• 12 Appendix CI Headings of the Informational- aateriala ••.....••••••..••......•. 30 Appendix DI Headings of the J'11e. of William Dudley' Pelley, Leader of the Silver Shirts ot America ••••••••••••••••• 31 INTROOOCTION The Special Co.:1t'tee on Un ....ric8.Jl Activities Authorized to Inves­ tigate Nazi Propaganda Acti"rlties and Certain Other Propaganda Activities, was constituted pur8U8.l'1t to House Resolution 198, 73rd Congress, adopted by the House ot Representatives on March 20, 1934. House Resolution 198, 73rd Congress, introduced on January 3, 1934, by Representative Sall1el Dickstein, ot New York, prorided in part as tollowsl Resolved, '!'hat the Speaker of the House ot R.presentati'9815 be, and he i8 hereby, authorized to appoint a special committee to be cOJlposed ot seven Member"s tor the purpose ot conducting an inwstigation of (1) the extent, character, and objects of Nazi propaganda activities in the United States, (2) the dif­ fusion within the United States ot subversi'98 propaganda that is instigated from toreign countries and attacks the principle ot the tora ot government as guaranteed by our Constitution, and (3) all other questions in relation thereto that would aid Congress in any necessary remedial legislation. On A.pril 5, 1934, the Speaker ot the House, the Hon. Henry '1'. Rainey, acting in accordance with the resolutioa, appointed )(esBrs. John W )(cCor.ack, ot Massachusetts, (chairman) J S&llUel Dickstein, ot New York; Charles lra.er, ot California; '!'hOES A. Jenkins, of Ohio; J. Will Taylor, ot Rennessee; and U. S. Guyer, ot Kansas, ...mers ot the special COlI­ mittee. The COIIId.ttee naaed Representative Samuel Dickstein to act as their nce chairun and designated the Hon. ThOMS W. Hardwick, ot Georgia, to serve as cOllllld.ttee counsel. The considerations which hact persuaded the Hou .. ot Representatives to authorize the investigation ot Nazi and other propaganda actin. ties ....re described bT the chairman of the cODDlittee, Representative John W. JlcCoraack, in a stateMnt _de at the beginning ot the tirst session of the public hearings ot the cOlllllittee, held in Washington, D. C., on June 5, 1934; -.1 period ot profound and protracted depression has .£01- lowed in the wake ot the World War. It bas been world-wide. More than 15 years have .lapsed since tbe ending ot that war, but its blighting etfect upon the economic lif. and upon the IIOrale of practically all the people ot the ... orld still erlsts. During such a period ot unrest, discontent with the existing oreier, and a wid.spread agitation tor changes in the form, character, and substance ot governMnts has spread over the ...orld, overturning established goverraents and resulting in Il8I'l)" n.... and radical experiaents in goverDllent. tlIn Europe, almost without exception, govermnental systems that Bought to guarantee the rights and liberties ot the citizens were ---------- overthrown and either COIIIIlUIdIllll or FasciBJll was installed. In either instance, whether the IlOvement was to the right or to the lett, despotism. supplanted freedoa under parlia.ntar.T govemaent and the rights and lib­ erties ot the people perished. FreedOil ot the press, treedom of speech, and treedOil ot assemblage ware denied to the people under either 8)"atem. In these circUJI8tances, with so large a percentage ot its population of foreign, usualq European, origin, the Hou .. of Representatives bas keenl)" sensed and tu1l7 realised the danger of rtciou.s propaganda of foreign origin aimed at the subversion of those tundamenta1 principles upon which our Constitution rests and seeks to investigate the extent and origin of such propaganda, with the ultillate object of protecting this countr,. and its people trom its diesemina tion." In the debate o'ftr House Resolution 196, 73rd Congress, on the floor ot the House ot Representatives, Representative Samuel Dickstein character­ ized the objectiTe ot the cOlllldttee ae tol101JSI "This special investi­ gating cOJllllittee should seek to accOilplish three priaary' objects: First, ascertain the tacts about _thode of introduction into this coun'tr7 of destructive, subftrsive propaganda Originating from foreign countries; second, ascertain tacta about organizations in this country that see. to be cooperating to spread this alien propaganda through their ...b8rship in this ccnmtry; third, study and recommend to the House the appropriate legislation which My correct existing tacts and tend to prevent the recurrence ot a eiJdlar condition in the tuture.· Pursuant to House ResolutiOD 196, 73rd Congress, the cOllUlittee con­ ducted public and exeoutiva hearings intermittent17 between April 26, 1934, and December 29, 1934, in Washington, D. C., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., Los Angeles, Calif., Ashertlle, N. C., and Newark, N. J. The committee examined bundreds ot witnesses; i ts record~:ot testim~ "01U1ted to aore than 4,300 pages. Evidence was taken b7 the cOlllllittee concerning indirtduals and organizations who worked to establiBh in the United States policies followed by' the regimes ot Nazi Geru.D7, Fascist Ital7, and Communist Russia. hong the persons and organizations investigated by' the cODDDittee to discover eT.i.dence ot Nazi activities, were Fritz Gies1b1, Kurt Georg Wilhelm Luedicke, Heinz Spanknoebe1, George S)"lftster Viereck, Dr. otto H. F. Vollb8hr, Reinhold Walter, certain ._bers of the Geraan dip1ou.tic corps, r.spresentatives of Geraan ste.ship lines, Friends ot New Germ&n)", Si1ftr Shirt. ot A._rica, Order ot '76, and A_rican Vigilante Intelligence Federation. The Committee gaV8~8peoial attention to the organization and activities ot the Friends of New GerJl&lly and the Silftr Shirts ot Amrica. Evidence was adduced before the committee showing -- ~-:'----',-- 2 that the conditions of membership in the Friends of New Germany 1r8re tithe S8ae as membership in the National Socialist Ger1llll Labor Party; that its principles were the same; that it permitted only those of so-called 'Aryan blood,' born in Germany or of GerEn descent, to jOin, and that it was fashioned entirely along the lines ot the Nazi Party of GerJlaIlYJ that it was receiving and recognized orders trom Germany; that it was for all practical purposes, if not in fact, the A_rican section ot the Nazi IIOve_nt in (lermany ••• " Evidence taken by the committee disclosed that the Silver Shirts of America, modeled after the Storm Troops of GerE1'ly, were founded by' William Dudley Pelley early in ·1933, wi th headquarters in Asheville, North Carolina; that Pelley had estab­ lished chapters of "Sil'98r Shirts" throughout the United States, over which he exercised the powers of a dictator; that Pelley had _de over­ tures to Nazi leaders and groups ill the United States, besides esploying an 81Iis&ary to certain officials of Gel"Ell steamship lines engaged in turthering Nazi aills ~ the United states; that may "Silver Shirts· in San Diego bad been armed; that GoverrDllS11t ammunition from North Island had co_ into tbeir bands by wrongful means; and that the "Silver Shirts" were utiliziag a target range for firearm.s practice and maneuftrs. In the course of the committee's investigation of Nazi activities, William Dudley Pelley and his adjutant, Robert Summernlle, were convicted in Buncombe County, North Carolina, of the felony of selling stock without authorization and registration, in violation of the Blue Sk;y Law of that State. '!he collapse of the "Silver Shirts" legion ensued. From the evidence in its record, the committee concluded that through strenuous efi"orts, progress had been JIlade in rooting Nazi ideology in the United States, but that the exposure of this activity by' the committee had checked the progress and had, in addition, launched a disintegration of the move­ _nt furthering its advancement. Aaong those furnishing evidence to the committee on Fascist activities was llajor General S.dley D. Butler, who testified as to converstaions with one Gerald C. lIacGuire, in which the latter was alleged to have suggested the formation of a Fascist ~ under the leadership ot General Butler. Evidence was sutmitted to the committee tending to show Fascist activities by an Italian vice consul at Detroit, Michigan. The cOJlllDittee, tald..ng cognizance of activities of organizations which seemed to be guided by' Fascist principles, conducted a probe ot these organisatiOns, finding that their activities were making no headway. Tn the course of its inquiry, the cOllUldttee tound only isolated cases ot Fascist activity, and concluded that efforts to implant Fascist ideology in the United States were lI&k:ing no progress. For the eIi.covery ot eTidence concerning COIIIII1Ullist activities, the committee took the testimony of several leaders of the COIIllIlUl1ist Party . :1 3 in the United states, including Earl ~der, general secretary to the COIIBlUDist Party, and James W. Ford, a JI8:aber of the executiTe committee ot that party. In addition, the committee conducted a series
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Ed Lee Gossett Papers
    E D G UIDE TO THE P APERS OF E D L EE G OSSETT Box 1 IMMIGRATION/DISPLACED PERSONS Correspondence 7 folders: 1945-1946 FOLDER CONTENTS 1 Correspondence, March, 1948 2 Correspondence, 1945. 3 Immigration Committee, 1946. Correspondence concerning quotas. The following are copies of bills introduced in the House of Representatives : H. R. 2626...to provide for the extension...of the Classification Act of 1923... / Mr. Ramspeck. -- March 15, 1945. -- 3 p. H. R. 3663 ...to amend the immigration and naturalization laws... / Mr. Gossett. -- July 3, 1945. -- 3 p. H. R. 4970...for the relief of Samuel Valente / Mr. Byrne. -- Dec. 12, 1945. -- 1 p. H. R. 4866...for the relief of Ezra Buttler Eddy, Jr... / Mr. Latham. -- Nov. 29, 1945. -- 1 p. H. R. 5454... to amend the Immigration Act of Feb. 5, 1917... -- June 26, 1946. -- typed carbon ; legal size ; 2 leaves + Objections to H.R. 5454, as amended. -- typed ; legal size ; 2 leaves. H. R. 6120....relating to the admission...of certain individuals who have served in the Polish Army... / Mr. Sadowski. -- April 13, 1946. -- 2 p. Plus the following article : My Japanese wife... / by Raymond Cromley. — The American Magazine. -- Dec., 1942. -- reprint ; 4 p. 4 Committee correspondence re H. R. 3663, 1946. Includes Brief statement of facts and holdings on designated deportation cases / Federal Law Section. — Washington : Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service, April 8, 1946. -- carbon copy ; 3 leaves. Statement / by Lewis G. Hines (National legislative representative). -- American Federation of Labor, March 20, 1946. -- mimeographed ; 2 leaves Statement in opposition to H. R.
    [Show full text]
  • Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1891-1957, Record Group 85 New Orleans, Louisiana Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, LA, 1910-1945
    Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1891-1957, Record Group 85 New Orleans, Louisiana Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, LA, 1910-1945. T939. 311 rolls. (~A complete list of rolls has been added.) Roll Volumes Dates 1 1-3 January-June, 1910 2 4-5 July-October, 1910 3 6-7 November, 1910-February, 1911 4 8-9 March-June, 1911 5 10-11 July-October, 1911 6 12-13 November, 1911-February, 1912 7 14-15 March-June, 1912 8 16-17 July-October, 1912 9 18-19 November, 1912-February, 1913 10 20-21 March-June, 1913 11 22-23 July-October, 1913 12 24-25 November, 1913-February, 1914 13 26 March-April, 1914 14 27 May-June, 1914 15 28-29 July-October, 1914 16 30-31 November, 1914-February, 1915 17 32 March-April, 1915 18 33 May-June, 1915 19 34-35 July-October, 1915 20 36-37 November, 1915-February, 1916 21 38-39 March-June, 1916 22 40-41 July-October, 1916 23 42-43 November, 1916-February, 1917 24 44 March-April, 1917 25 45 May-June, 1917 26 46 July-August, 1917 27 47 September-October, 1917 28 48 November-December, 1917 29 49-50 Jan. 1-Mar. 15, 1918 30 51-53 Mar. 16-Apr. 30, 1918 31 56-59 June 1-Aug. 15, 1918 32 60-64 Aug. 16-0ct. 31, 1918 33 65-69 Nov. 1', 1918-Jan. 15, 1919 34 70-73 Jan. 16-Mar. 31, 1919 35 74-77 April-May, 1919 36 78-79 June-July, 1919 37 80-81 August-September, 1919 38 82-83 October-November, 1919 39 84-85 December, 1919-January, 1920 40 86-87 February-March, 1920 41 88-89 April-May, 1920 42 90 June, 1920 43 91 July, 1920 44 92 August, 1920 45 93 September, 1920 46 94 October, 1920 47 95-96 November, 1920 48 97-98 December, 1920 49 99-100 Jan.
    [Show full text]
  • The German-American Bund: Fifth Column Or
    -41 THE GERMAN-AMERICAN BUND: FIFTH COLUMN OR DEUTSCHTUM? THESIS Presented to the Graduate Council of the North Texas State University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS By James E. Geels, B. A. Denton, Texas August, 1975 Geels, James E., The German-American Bund: Fifth Column or Deutschtum? Master of Arts (History), August, 1975, 183 pp., bibliography, 140 titles. Although the German-American Bund received extensive press coverage during its existence and monographs of American politics in the 1930's refer to the Bund's activities, there has been no thorough examination of the charge that the Bund was a fifth column organization responsible to German authorities. This six-chapter study traces the Bund's history with an emphasis on determining the motivation of Bundists and the nature of the relationship between the Bund and the Third Reich. The conclusions are twofold. First, the Third Reich repeatedly discouraged the Bundists and attempted to dissociate itself from the Bund. Second, the Bund's commitment to Deutschtum through its endeavors to assist the German nation and the Third Reich contributed to American hatred of National Socialism. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page I. INTRODUCTION... ....... 1 II. DEUTSCHTUM.. ......... 14 III. ORIGIN AND IMAGE OF THE GERMAN- ... .50 AMERICAN BUND............ IV. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BUND AND THE THIRD REICH....... 82 V. INVESTIGATION OF THE BUND. 121 VI. CONCLUSION.. ......... 161 APPENDIX....... .............. ..... 170 BIBLIOGRAPHY......... ...........
    [Show full text]
  • December 1934) James Francis Cooke
    Gardner-Webb University Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 John R. Dover Memorial Library 12-1-1934 Volume 52, Number 12 (December 1934) James Francis Cooke Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude Part of the Composition Commons, Ethnomusicology Commons, Music Education Commons, Musicology Commons, Music Pedagogy Commons, Music Performance Commons, Music Practice Commons, and the Music Theory Commons Recommended Citation Cooke, James Francis. "Volume 52, Number 12 (December 1934)." , (1934). https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude/53 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the John R. Dover Memorial Library at Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE ETUDE s CMCusic S&gmim December 1934 Price 25 Cents <Cy/ i/<)/maJ ($v-e vnM, DECEMBER 19,% Page 695 THE ETUDE THE HARCOURT, BRACE MUSIC DEPARTMENT Albert E. Wier, Editor £Magnifying Christmas PRESENTS FOUR NEW AND DISTINCTIVE MUSIC COLLECTIONS PIECES FOR TWO PIANOS—Four Hands THE DAYS OF THE HARPSICHORD If you do any two-piano playing, this collection of This is the first volume of a series to be known as 48 classic, romantic and modem compositions is in¬ “The Pianist’s Music Shelf.” It contains 80 dispensable for recital, study or recreation. There melodic compositions by more than fifty famous Eng¬ is a 200-word note of general musical interest pre¬ lish, French, German and Italian harpsichord com¬ £Musical Joy ceding each composition, also a page of twelve recital posers in the period from 1500 to 1750.
    [Show full text]
  • The Wagner-Rogers Bill: Debate a Lesson Plan for Middle and High School Students Learning About U.S
    American Immigration Law Foundation Immigration Curriculum Center Lesson Plan The Wagner-Rogers Bill: Debate A Lesson Plan For Middle And High School Students Learning About U.S. Immigration and/or the Holocaust Grade Level: 9th – 12th Goal: This lesson allows students to develop and hear the arguments for and against the Wagner-Rogers bill, by taking part in a mock Congressional debate on the bill. Students are encouraged to develop and listen to persuasive testimony and speeches, and to come up with creative strategies to change the legislation in ways in which it might be more acceptable. Materials: Nametags, paper Timeline: 2-3 Class Periods HISTORICAL BACKGROUND In November 1938, the brutality of the Nazi regime toward the Jews of Germany reached a fevered pitch with “Kristallnact," or “The Night of Broken Glass." On that night, gangs of Nazi thugs terrorized Jewish communities all over Germany, setting fires to synagogues, Jewish-owned businesses, breaking in windows of Jewish-owned shops, beating and killing Jews and committing other acts of brutality. While America had been generally unwilling to create any special programs to welcome refugees from the Nazi regime during the 1930's, Kristallnacht gained international attention and created a wave of American sympathy towards the victims of Nazi terror. Groups supporting refugee aid saw this as their moment to act on possible relief. At the suggestion of an interdenominational group concerned with refugee aid, Senator Robert F. Wagner, a Democrat from New York, and Representative Edith Nourse Rogers, a Republican from Massachusetts, introduced identical bills to offer refuge to 20,000 German children, a great majority of them Jewish children.
    [Show full text]
  • Seventy-First Congress
    . ~ . ··-... I . •· - SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS ,-- . ' -- FIRST SESSION . LXXI-2 17 , ! • t ., ~: .. ~ ). atnngr tssinnal Jtcnrd. PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Couzens Harris Nor beck Steiwer SENATE Dale Hastings Norris Swanson Deneen Hatfield Nye Thomas, Idaho MoNDAY, April 15, 1929 Dill Hawes Oddie Thomas, Okla. Edge Hayden Overman Townsend The first session of the Seventy-first Congress comm:enced Fess Hebert Patterson Tydings this day at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, in pursu­ Fletcher Heflin Pine Tyson Frazier Howell Ransdell Vandenberg ance of the proclamation of the President of the United States George Johnson Robinson, Ark. Wagner of the 7th day of March, 1929. Gillett Jones Sackett Walsh, Mass. CHARLES CURTIS, of the State of Kansas, Vice President of Glass Kean Schall Walsh, Mont. Goff Keyes Sheppard Warren the United States, called the Senate to order at 12 o'clock Waterman meridian. ~~~borough ~lenar ~p~~~~;e 1 Watson Rev. Joseph It. Sizoo, D. D., minister of the New York Ave­ Greene McNary Smoot nue Presbyterian Church of the city of Washington, offered the Hale Moses Steck following prayer : Mr. SCHALL. I wish to announce that my colleag-ue the senior Senator from Minnesota [Mr. SHIPSTEAD] is serio~sly ill. God of our fathers, God of the nations, our God, we bless Thee that in times of difficulties and crises when the resources Mr. WATSON. I desire to announce that my colleague the of men shrivel the resources of God are unfolded. Grant junior Senator from Indiana [Mr. RoBINSON] is unav.oidably unto Thy servants, as they stand upon the threshold of new detained at home by reason of important business.
    [Show full text]
  • No Haven for the Oppressed
    No Haven for the Oppressed NO HAVEN for the Oppressed United States Policy Toward Jewish Refugees, 1938-1945 by Saul S. Friedman YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY Wayne State University Press Detroit 1973 Copyright © 1973 by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 48202. All material in this work, except as identified below, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/. Excerpts from Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy formerly copyrighted © 1964 to Penguin Publishing Group now copyrighted to Penguin Random House. All material not licensed under a Creative Commons license is all rights reserved. Permission must be obtained from the copyright owner to use this material. Published simultaneously in Canada by the Copp Clark Publishing Company 517 Wellington Street, West Toronto 2B, Canada. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Friedman, Saul S 1937– No haven for the oppressed. Originally presented as the author’s thesis, Ohio State University. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Refugees, Jewish. 2. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945) 3. United States— Emigration and immigration. 4. Jews in the United States—Political and social conditions. I. Title. D810.J4F75 1973 940.53’159 72-2271 ISBN 978-0-8143-4373-9 (paperback); 978-0-8143-4374-6 (ebook) Publication of this book was assisted by the American Council of Learned Societies under a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The publication of this volume in a freely accessible digital format has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mellon Foundation through their Humanities Open Book Program.
    [Show full text]
  • Droughts of 1930-34
    UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Harold L. Ickes, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY W. C. Mendenhall, Director Water-Supply Paper 680 DROUGHTS OF 1930-34 BY JOHN C. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1936 i'For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price 20 cents CONTENTS Page Introduction ________ _________-_--_____-_-__---___-__________ 1 Droughts of 1930 and 1931_____._______________________ 5 Causes_____________________________________________________ 6 Precipitation. ____________________________________________ 6 Temperature ____________-_----_--_-_---___-_-_-_-_---_-_- 11 Wind.._.. _ 11 Effect on ground and surface water____________________________ 11 General effect___________________________________________ 11 Ground water___________________________ _ _____________ _ 22 Surface water___________________________________________ 26 Damage___ _-___---_-_------------__---------___-----_----_ 32 Vegetation.____________________________________________ 32 Domestic and industrial water supplies_____________________ 36 Health____-_--___________--_-_---_-----_-----_-_-_--_.__- 37 Power.______________________________________________ 38 Navigation._-_-----_-_____-_-_-_-_--__--_------_____--___ 39 Recreation and wild life--___--_---__--_-------------_--_-__ 41 Relief - ---- . 41 Drought of 1934__ 46 Causes_ _ ___________________________________________________ 46 Precipitation.____________________________________________ 47 Temperature._____________---_-___----_________-_________ 50 Wind_____________________________________________
    [Show full text]
  • Excerpt of Speech of Hon. Samuel Dickstein, of Net York
    EXCERPT OF SPEECH OF HON. SAMUEL DICKSTEIN, OF NET YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 22, 1941 There are other individuals of this ilk who may be mentioned ft this time. There is, for instance, e gentlemen nrmed Girolamo Valenti, the editor of c 2 by 4 newspaper, a publication which borsts on its front page that it stends for liberty rnd democracy end against fascism, dictators, and the "fifth column." This gentlemen has made some broad statements without substantiation. In fact, he went to the trouble of writing me r letter about it, to which letter I replied rnd suggested that he be good enough to furnish me with details of his charges. Instead of receiving a reply to my letter, I received his nev;spcper, in which there is en alleged answer offering to prove the charges before any investigating committee or tribunal. Thereafter, in the issue of his newspaper of April 19, he attempts to give some facts, but the alleged facts as therein given are purely a babbling collection of generalities. This is the very SEme gentleman whom I subpeneed in 1934 and whose testimony is now t matter of official record. The testimony then given was, of course, barren of all facts, purely hearsay, and of no value. If we were to go r little further into the examination of Mr, Valenti's background, we will discover the t this gentlermn himself is a Communist end hes furthered the cause of communism in this country. This is the record of Girolamo Valenti, the Communist provocrtor: Valenti was born April 16, 1892, at Vtlguarnera, Italy.
    [Show full text]
  • Vatican Secret Diplomacy This Page Intentionally Left Blank Charles R
    vatican secret diplomacy This page intentionally left blank charles r. gallagher, s.j. Vatican Secret Diplomacy joseph p. hurley and pope pius xii yale university press new haven & london Disclaimer: Some images in the printed version of this book are not available for inclusion in the eBook. Copyright © 2008 by Yale University. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Set in Scala and Scala Sans by Duke & Company, Devon, Pennsylvania. Printed in the United States of America by Sheridan Books, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gallagher, Charles R., 1965– Vatican secret diplomacy : Joseph P. Hurley and Pope Pius XII / Charles R. Gallagher. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-300-12134-6 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Hurley, Joseph P. 2. Pius XII, Pope, 1876–1958. 3. World War, 1939–1945— Religious aspects—Catholic Church. 4. Catholic Church—Foreign relations. I. Title. BX4705.H873G35 2008 282.092—dc22 [B] 2007043743 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Com- mittee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my father and in loving memory of my mother This page intentionally left blank contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 A Priest in the Family 8 2 Diplomatic Observer: India and Japan, 1927–1934 29 3 Silencing Charlie: The Rev.
    [Show full text]
  • Robert O. Paxton-The Anatomy of Fascism -Knopf
    Paxt_1400040949_8p_all_r1.qxd 1/30/04 4:38 PM Page b also by robert o. paxton French Peasant Fascism Europe in the Twentieth Century Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order, 1940–1944 Parades and Politics at Vichy Vichy France and the Jews (with Michael R. Marrus) Paxt_1400040949_8p_all_r1.qxd 1/30/04 4:38 PM Page i THE ANATOMY OF FASCISM Paxt_1400040949_8p_all_r1.qxd 1/30/04 4:38 PM Page ii Paxt_1400040949_8p_all_r1.qxd 1/30/04 4:38 PM Page iii THE ANATOMY OF FASCISM ROBERT O. PAXTON Alfred A. Knopf New York 2004 Paxt_1400040949_8p_all_r1.qxd 1/30/04 4:38 PM Page iv this is a borzoi book published by alfred a. knopf Copyright © 2004 by Robert O. Paxton All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Distributed by Random House, Inc., New York. www.aaknopf.com Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. isbn: 1-4000-4094-9 lc: 2004100489 Manufactured in the United States of America First Edition Paxt_1400040949_8p_all_r1.qxd 1/30/04 4:38 PM Page v To Sarah Paxt_1400040949_8p_all_r1.qxd 1/30/04 4:38 PM Page vi Paxt_1400040949_8p_all_r1.qxd 1/30/04 4:38 PM Page vii contents Preface xi chapter 1 Introduction 3 The Invention of Fascism 3 Images of Fascism 9 Strategies 15 Where Do We Go from Here? 20 chapter 2 Creating Fascist Movements 24 The Immediate Background 28 Intellectual, Cultural, and Emotional
    [Show full text]
  • DUST STORMS, NOVEMBER 1933 to MAY 1934 by W
    ~BRUARY1935 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW 53 DUST STORMS, NOVEMBER 1933 TO MAY 1934 By W. A. MATTICE [U. 8. Weather Bureau, Washington, D. C.] The great dust storm of May 9-12, 1934 aroused such May were largely confined to 4 or 5 days around the interest in its extent and intensity that the Weather 11th) but during April t,hey were more general, wit8h dust Bureau circularized its stations east of the Rocky Moun- noted in some part of the country on all but 4 days of tains to obtain detailed reports of that and other similar the month. storms. The reports are summarized below. The following are eshracts from reports furnished by Dust storms cause much discomfort to human beings the section directors of the Weather Bureau in the Stntes and animals through inhalation of the drifting particles, niost seriously affected. and also deposit much dirt generally. Their major HuroiL, S. Dak.-The number of days with dust storms damage, however, is the removal of productive topsoil t,hat involved practically the entire Stat,e was 60 for the from agricultural regions, however much the removed 5-month period, January to May, 1934. Agriculture, of soil may benefit another region where it may be deposited. course, lins sustained the greatest losses. In the eastern In parts of the Great Plains area the transportation half of the State, where small grain cultivation predomi- of soil was of such magnitude as to strip the fields of nates,. every farm has been injured, more or less, by soil tillable soil down to plow depth.
    [Show full text]