A vigorous denunciation of the policies of the Hitlerite DAWA organization, which demonstrated in this city last night, was voiced by Congressman Andrew L. Somers of New York in a speech from Washington over Station WJZ. Congressman Somers spoke simultaneously with the meeting at the Garden.
Congressman Somers appealed to the “Christian forces in the United States to recognize the danger of this movement and to unite for the purpose of conducting an organized and responsible campaign to counter the invasion of Hitler in this country.”
The speaker outlined efforts of Nazi propagandists to flood the country with pro-Hitler and anti-Jewish feeling, and appealed for a continuation of the boycott. He declared: “I personally would have nothing but contempt for any Jew who would knowingly trade with a nation that used the profit of that trade to help destroy his people.
“As a member of the House of Representatives, and as a citizen who cherishes a love for our institutions I welcome this public meeting arranged by groups whose affiliations with Nazidom cannot be doubted. I find it a curious and interesting paradox that the Friends of New Germany should, in seeking to hold its meeting, fall back upon the arguments of free speech and the arguments of free assembly to which our democratic society is dedicated, while at the same time propose to set up officially and unofficially a regime which would abolish in practice and principle all the foundations of democracy. I welcome this meeting because it will bring into the open the Fascist anti-democratic principles for which the Friends of New Germany stand.”
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