The 63rd national convention of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States opened here today with a statement by National Commander Bernard Abrams announcing that the JWV has asked the Government to investigate hate groups such as George Rockwell’s American Nazi party.
Mr. Abrams reported to the convention that the national executive committee voted last night to ask Chairman Francis B. Walter of the House Un-American Activities Committee, to investigate the Nazi organization to determine its source of finance.
In a telegram to Representative Walter, the Pennsylvania Democrat was urged to expose the so-called “fat cats” giving money to the American Nazi movement. The investigation was urged “at the earliest possible moment” to focus attention on “the menace of totalitarianism from the right as well as from the left.”
Mr. Abrams made known today that the convention would consider the “upsurge of neo-Nazi agitation which has swept the world since last December.” He said he had urged both Presidential candidates to speak out during the election campaign against neo-nazism.
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