Rep. Samuel W. Yorty, of California, asked Congress today for a probe of the “evil dispensers of hate” including anti-Semites. He said “their vile purposes must be exposed, and the sources of their funds published for all to see.”
Rep. Yorty told the House that “democracy in the United States must not be weakened by the fostering of ignorant hatred which can result from un-American, undemocratic and Godless propaganda calculated to divide Americans into opposing camps based upon race, creed or color. I hope this Congress will soon move vigorously to expose and curb all hate-mongers.”
Rep. Yorty is cooperating with Sen. Guy M. Gillette, of Iowa, chairman of a Senate subcommittee investigating election matters, in seeking a congressional investigation of Robert H. Williams, a former Army Major, who is distributing anti-Semitic propaganda in connection with pre-election activity. Sen. Gillette has indicated that his subcommittee will act on the Williams case.
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