Pickets bearing anti-Semitic signs marched in front of the White House late yesterday and distributed literature which said "Free America from the Jews" and "Vote anti-Jewish."
About 4 P.M., a picket line was established in front of the Executive Mansion. Signs were displayed reading: "Jew-Communists and Jew-controlled press are against Sen. McCarthy. Please help him. "Other signs said: "Defy the Jews and Restore Segregation" and "Jew-led NAACP and Jewish B’nai B’rith’s ADL made Supreme Court ban segregation."
The pickets said they represented the "Christian Anti-Jewish Party," organized in Atlanta by J. B. Stoner. Many passers-by appeared embarrassed by the crude antipathies exhibited on the signs carried by the handful of young men and women who did the picketing. A special police detail stood by, but the picketing was allowed to continue. No violence occurred. Secret Service, agents observed developments as the pickets marched only a few feet from the White House entrance.
Application forms were distributed by the agitators. These forms said "no cowards wanted," and spelled out the program as one designed to "send the Jew Devils back." The form said: "When the Jews are gone, we Americans will own rich America."
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