Dr. Elwood Rowsey, prominent Presbyterian ministor of this city who recently accepted a position as vice-president in charge of education of the National Economic Council–an organization which the Anti-Defamation league has labelled anti-Semitic and pro-Fascist–told the Jewish Press of Omaha that he is not anti-Semitic and that he “will not be a party to anything that smacks of anti-Semitism.”
In an interview with David Blacker, publisher of the Jewish Press, Dr. Rowsey said that he was joining the National Economic Council because he is convinced that through this group he can work for the protection of the traditional freedom of America. The Council is led by Merwin K. Hart, who is described by the A.D.L. as one of this country’s top “hate merchants.” Dr. Rowsey pledged that he would do everything in his power to “cleanse the Council of whatever anti-Semitism may exist among some of its personnel.”
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