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Page FourPOLITICAL RACKETIS DISCLOSED (Continued from Pape 1) notable*. Under the slogan, “Keepthe Jew out of control of the Re-publcian Party in 1938.” Smythe has been attempting without suc-cels to link his fortunes with those of prospective presidential candidates. I^ast January Smythe was organizing a presidential camp* ign for former Congressman Louis T. McFadden, a notorious anti-Semite. It was Smythe who flooded the country with letters on gaudy stu-t'onery containing the words, “Christian economics, independent Republican” and proclaiming a plat-foim calling for “Americcnistn against Communism, Christianity instead of Judaism, Nationalism against Internationalism. Individualism instead of Collectivism.” When the McFadden campaign collapsed, Smythe turned to (lover nor Hoffman ts his best bet. On letterheads emblazoned with the name of the “Association of Republican Clubs, Inc.,” and containing language similar to that on the Me Fadden campaign literature, Smythe began to plump for Gover-n r Hoffman. He went so far ts to write to the Governor that he I (Smythe) had been summoned by Herbert Hoover to handle the religious aspects of the Hoover campaign against Alfred K. Smith in 1928. Governor Hoffman has completely repudiated Smythe, declaring that, “I am not interested in any of the organizations which he seems to have sponsored. I have repeatedly said that there is no room in America for any person who would incite class hatred or foment religious prejudice. I feel that my record clearly indicate* that I have never been a party to any campaign baaed upon bigotry or class h. trod.” All of the prominent Republ eun figures mentioned by Smythe in his correspondenceV
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Atlanta Southern Israelite
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Fri, Jul 05, 1935
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