Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-05-26 | Page 8 | Mayor of San Francisco Heatedly Denounces Charge That He Has Shown Fascist Tendencies

Mayor of San Francisco He Heatedly Denounces Charge That He Has Shown Fascist Tendencies SAN FRANCISCO May 26 INS INS Testifying Testifying before the Tenney state legislative committee committee committee com com- investigating un Amer ican activities in California I Mayor Angelo Rossi of San Francisco Tuesday heatedly denied denIed denied de de- nied he had ever shown fascist tendencies A previous witness Carmelo Zito Italian-born Italian editor of an Italian l I language a n g u a age g e antifascist newspaper had testified he had seen Mayor Rossi give the fascist fascist fascist fas fas- cist salute at various meetings in San Francisco before the war Evidencing emotion so strong that his voice broke at times Mayor Rossi read a prepared statement in which he said No one dares question my wholehearted loyalty to my native native na na- na- na tive land The only p perfection I have ever claimed is the perfection of my loyalty to my country He lashed out bitterly at the manner in which the little Dies committee hearing hearIng- is being conducted condemning it as a glaring example of government by poisoned platitudes and by scandalous generalities His eyes flashing face grim the C California born a II for n I born a-born mayor added Whoever by secret charges submitted to this committee in inspired inspired inspired in- in this cowardly attack against me is a political rogue inspired by some anti-American anti group to spread discord and disunity dis dIs- unity I 1 was born in Volcano Amador Amador Amador Ama- Ama dor county California he said My parents were patriotic American citizens of Italian origin pioneers of the fifties My earliest recollections are lessons of love for the United Stat States s that I learned at my mothers mother's knee My father bore borean an honorable reputation as a merchant He died when I was 6 years of age