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
i m really happy to have you here, here s the transcript. i have the silver shirt weekly, is unofficial work of yours? congressman, this was sent out to the members of the silver shirt, and it was regarded as our official publication, is that correct? it might be interpreted that way. congressman, i find here on page for the following. i quote. the jews have the money, but the gentiles other numbers. no matter what measures towards repression may be taken, it will be a very fine thing that our, not to be a two. congressman, don t you think that a fair interpretation by the average citizen reading that would be that there is a threat of force to be applied against people of the jewish race in this country from some source. witness, yes. you admit that is a fair interpretation? witness, yes. congressman, you are the acknowledged leader of the silver shirts? witness, i am. and if the silver shirts had achieved their aim, would you have been in the man in charge
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
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.
And this american guy was invited to germany to come speak at that conference. he came home from that conference in 1938 and by 1939 he and his leagues planned a nationwide group of armed cells meeting, training amassing guns and ammunition with a plan that they would all act simultaneously, right after the 1940 election to kill american jews and to take over the u.s. government by force and install a hitler style government in the united states. if you want to learn more about any of this stuff, i highly commend to you a couple of really good, fairly recent books that tell the story by laura rosenswag called hollywood s spies and hitler in los