Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-22 | Page 5 | Silver Shirts' Drive on Jews Described

Silver Shirts Shirts' Drive on Jews Described WASHINGTON Aug 22 UP A R-A A witness before the Dies committee testified today the Silver Sliver Shirts organization was denied use of auditoriums in Los Angeles when it was openly active there from 1933 to 1935 because it was attackIng attackIng attacking attack- attack Ing Jewish communism The statement was challenged promptly by Representative his D. D Cal who declared the reason you c couldn't get a hall was not because you were attacking communism but because you were attacking the Jews The witness Henry D. D Allen of Los Angeles haired gray-haired explorer of mining lands in Mexico described described described de de- de- de scribed the aim of the organization as being to rid the federal government government government govern govern- ment of Jews and communists and he said he still was in sympathy sympathy sympathy thy with its objectives Most of the auditoriums in Los Angeles are owned or controlled by Jews Allen AUen declared We had to use a false name name to get our people together and when the Jews the Jews learned that it was to be bea a Silver Shirt meeting the use of ot the hall was canceled Surely you dont don't mean to imply imply im im- im ply Voorhis put in that speakers against communism cant can't get halls in Los Angeles I live in that community community community com com- and andI I know that that Isn't true The reason reason you couldn't get geta a hall hail was riot because you w were re wl J attacking communism but because you were attacking the Jews We could get plenty of halls as as s long as we didn't identify the Jews with communism but the moment we told the truth about them we couldn't get a hall Allen re re- re