THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST PARTY HAS ORDERED ALL PARTY MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF ROTARY TO RESIGN FROM THE LATTER ORGANIZATION BEFORE DEC. 31 OF THIS YEAR, THE HAVAS NEWS AGENCY REPORTED TODAY.
WALTER BUCH, CHAIRMAN OF THE NAZI PARTY HIGH TRIBUNAL, EXPLAINED IN THE VOELKISCHER BEOBACHTER, CHIEF NAZI ORGAN, THAT PARTY MEMBERS WERE REQUESTED TO RESIGN FROM ROTARY BECAUSE THE INTERNATIONAL FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION WAS BEING OVERWHELMED BY JEWISH MEMBERS.
BUCH REMARKED THAT CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE ROTARY STATUTES ARE NEAR THE NAZI IDEAS BUT OTHERS, PARTICULARLY ADMISSION OF JEWS, ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH NATIONAL SOCIALISM.
THE NAZI LEADER WROTE, “WE HAVE LEARNED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE JEW FOR CENTURIES PAST HAS BEEN A MASTER IN THE ART OF DISGUISING HIMSELF, AND THE COMPETENT BUREAUS OF THE THIRD REICH ARE ABLE TO STATE THAT EVER-INCREASING NUMBERS OF ADHERENTS OF DISSOLVED MASONIC LODGES ARE FINDING A WAY INTO VARIOUS ROTARY CLUBS.”
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