Fascist Field Day in Chicago (Reprint from the Nation)

Description:

Article reprinted from The Nation written by Gilbert Gordon who is identified as the "regional attorney for the commission on law and social action of the American Jewish Congress in Chicago." The defendants in the January 3, 1944 Washington sedition trials were accused of supporting the Third Reich and being members of the Nazi party; the trial ended up as a mistrial. The defendants then sued the Sentinel, a Chicago Jewish newspaper for libel since the Sentinel printed a press release calling for their retrial. The article details anti-Semitism on view at the trial as seen in the defendents' remarks and publications, and calls for an end to "kid-glove gentility" in dealing with anti-Semitism. Author states "Democrats, New Dealers, Communists, Socialists, and even some Republicans are all part of the 'Jewish Communist conspiracy' to these people."

Date:

1948-01-24

Copyright:

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Creator:

Gordon, Gilbert

File Name:

5276b66f09_29

Identifier:

International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276, Box 66, Folder 9

Repository:

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University