Roman, the founder of the American Lithuanish Trading Company, who was recently sentenced to imprisonment for the misappropriation of $30,000. was also engaged in anti-Semitic propaganda, having subsidized the anti-Semitic paper, Leisve. This is but one example of many who, under the guise of patriotism, have used dishonest means to further their own ends.
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