Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-12-17 | Page 12 | College Retains Hitler's Gift to Library despite Protests

College Retains Hitler's Gift T To 0 Library Despite Protests DENVER Colo Cob Dec 17 UP Five UP-Five Five hundred books presented by Chancellor Adolf Hitler of Germany remained on library shelves at Denver university today over strong antinazi prote protests ts Adamant off officials aUthe university 1 sity ity long recognized as one of the most liberal institutions of the west refused to throw out the gift volumes volumes volumes vol vol- umes as nazi propaganda Assistant Director Joseph Hare of the he new Mary Reed library who asked the German government tor books Defended the gift as a ble le collection Most of them he said aid were free of Hitler spawned propaganda Several of the books in the collection collection col- col lection were were written long before the Hitler regime and are valued at a as high ligh as for a single copy he said Included among these thes is a beautiful photographic facsimile of the he book of Genesis Also in the collection which Included in included included in- in works of no Jewish authors was was Mein Mom Kampf Hitler's auto auto- biography All of the books are writt written n in German The protest against the German books broke soon after their arrival November 23 At a mass meeting called Sunday Sunda by Simon Bloom Denver attorney irate speakers demanded demanded de de- the books be burned be and antinazi volumes be placed oh on the shelves to counteract t the effect of of Hitler's don donation tion Carle Whitehead another attorney ney and former socialist senatorial candidate cautioned against de destruction destruction destruction de- de of the books because that would be indeed the use of methods to stamp out Hitlerism In addition to the German volumes volumes volumes vol vol- umes the library received books from the fascist government of Italy each from Spain and Mexico Mexico Mexico Mex Mex- ico and 50 from the French govern govern- ment Heads of other Colorado schools paged regarding the gift raised critical critical critical crit crit- ical eyebrows Dr George W. W Frasier president of Colorado State college at Greeley II branded the books as propaganda and said he would refuse them unless unless unless un un- un- un less them were balanced with antinazi volumes Dr George Norlin president of the University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder Boulder Boul Boul- der refused to comment He was extremely critical of the Hitler re regime regime regime re- re gime when he returned from Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many many in 1934 Dr Charles A. A Lory president of Colorado State college of agriculture agriculture agriculture ture at Fort Collins said he would not accept such a donation unless the books dealt with agriculture Th The Denver Clarion student newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper at the university praised authorities authorities authorities au au- au- au for keeping the collection It said editorially It is significant that some in institutions institutions institutions in- in in the United States exemplified exemplified ex ex- by our university are yet intelligent enough to keep ignorance from their doors