it might be interpreted that way. i find here on page 4 the following, i quote. the jews have the money but the again tiles have the numbers. no matter what measures toward repression may be taken, it will be a very fine thing in that hour not to be a jey. don t you think a fair interpretation by the average citizen reading that would be that there was a threat of force to be applied against the people of the jewish race in this country from some source. yes. you admit that that is a fair interpretation. yes. congressman, you are the acknowledged leader of the silver shirts? i am. and if the silver shirts had achieved their aim, would you have been the man in charge of the u.s. government? probably. and if you had become the leader of this country, would you have put into effect hitler s policies so far as they are referable to the anti-jewish policy? i probably would, sir. i probably would. that s congressional testimony from february 1940. the witn
and if you had become the leader of this country, would you have put into effect hitler s policies so far as they are referable to the anti-jewish policy? i probably would, sir. i probably would. that s congressional testimony from february 1940. the witness, the guy testifying is this guy, who is a little crazy looking, right? it is a small blessing in these matters to have the person that is this crazy and dangerous actually look this crazy and dangerous. his name is william dudley pelley. he was an american and he said publically that the day hitler was appointed chancellor in germany, he, william pelley, had a vision, a revelation, that if hitler could do it there, he could do it here. the day hitler became chancellor in germany, he wanted to do here what hitler was doing in his country. most especially when it came to the treatment of jewish people. and they were called the silver shirts. hitler had his brown shirt, street fighting fascist thugs. dudley was like, o
actually did amass thousands, thousands of american followers. and he mandated that they all obtain guns and keep thousands of rounds at ammunition at their homes, and they did. and privately obtained weapons weren t enough for them. turned out the silver shirts had a man inside a u.s. military armory in northern california. with him they made detailed plans for the silver shirts taking over u.s. military armories up and down the west coast and seizing all that military material. in southern california, two u.s. marines were put on trial and convicted for stealing and then trafficking u.s. military weapons and ammunition to pelley s silver shirts because, yeah, they liked what they could buy on the u.s. market, but they liked u.s. military weapons even more. now, the way those marines got put on trial and convicted is that u.s. naval intelligence got tipped off to what pelley s group, the silver shirts was doing by a local anti-fascist
and not going to amount to anything, that it was not actually that serious. between 1933, though, when he had his vision about him becoming hitler here, between 1933 and 1940 when he was giving that testimony to congress, william pelley actually did amass thousands, thousands of american followers. and he mandated that they all obtain guns and keep thousands of rounds at ammunition at their homes, and they did. and privately obtained weapons weren t enough for them. turned out the silver shirts had a man inside a u.s. military armory in northern california. with him they made detailed plans for the silver shirts taking over u.s. military armories up and down the west coast and seizing all that military material. in southern california, two u.s. marines were put on trial and convicted for stealing and then trafficking u.s. military weapons and ammunition to pelley s silver shirts because, yeah, they liked what they could
in the region over washington s new middle east policy also coming up. hundreds of christians attend the first christmas eve mass in mosul a sense islamic extremists were driven out almost six months ago they re hoping christian life can thrive again in the city. plus david versus goliath in the natural world conservationists in south africa are turning to one of the world s tiniest creatures in their effort to contain damage caused by one of the biggest. high maya sweater welcome to the program. we start in the vatican where pope francis is leading christmas eve mass thousands of roman catholics from around the world have gathered in st peter s basilica for the traditional late evening service