The Federal Government is investigation the use of the office of a member of Parliament, including the franking privilege, for the distribution of anti-Semitic literature, it was revealed here today. The action arose from the disclosure that anti-Semitic pamphlets have been sent from the office of J.H. Blackmore, Social Credit deputy for Lethbridge, Alberta.
Miss Doris A. Moore, the M.P.’s secretary, had admitted that she mailed the literature in question. Mr. Blackmore does not deny that he gave Miss Moore authority to use his frank. Of the material she sent out, he says: “I wouldn’t disagree. I won’t say I would have sent the material out, but she did. I’ll take a neutral attitude.” But, he challenged: “if you tell the truth about Jews, are you anti-Semitic?” The Social Credit Party has long labored under accusations of anti-Semitism against some of its members.
It was also revealed here today that three months ago, invitations were sent from Mr. Blackmore’s box to a meeting in Ottawa to be addressed by Ron Rostick of Flesherton, Ont., a notorious anti-Semite. In the same envelope was a copy of an article from an obscure British publication identifying Bolshevism with Judaism.
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