Dr. Sherwood Eddy, noted social worker and author, characterized Adolf Hitler as “the most dangerous man in the world today”, in an address before an audience of 700 in the local high school.
“His reign”, Dr. Eddy declared, “has brought a return of medieval persecution and spread brutal race prejudice in the great, educated, enlightened country of Germany.”
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