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A complete expose of the “Benjamin Franklin prophecy” forgery, which quotes Franklin as having warned against immigration of Jews, appears in the second issue of the Contemporary Jewish Record, bi-monthly review of events of Jewish interest, published by the American Jewish Committee. The forgery, which became a last-minute issue at the end of the New York State gubernatorial campaign, is exploded by many scholars and experts, including Charles A. Beard, Henry Butler Allen, J. Henry Smythe Jr., and Alfred Rigling, whose comments appear in the magazine. The text of the forgery also is published. The comments and text will later be reprinted in pamphlet form. The magazine also contains a special eight page supplement on the German situation.
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