President Acts Against Nazis on JWIl's Request
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The Department of Justice
was said to have explained that
Communist groups are danger-
ous because of a world Com-
munist conspiracy centered in
the Soviet Union. Since there
is allegedly no Nazi nation or
world-wide conspiracy, neo-Nazi
organizations are not considered
as objectionable, . according to
the Department.
Members - of the "American
Nazi Party" wear the storm
troop - uniform of Adolf Hitler's
followers and the swastika in-
signia, give the Nazi out-
stretched arm salute and sing
the "Horst Wessel" song, which
was the anthem of the German
Nazis.
Earlier the Marine Corps was
informed that the Justice De-
partment has not designated
Lincoln Rockwell's American
Nazi Party as "subversive." It
was explained that the Marine
Corps seeks to avoid inter-
ference in the personal political
views of Marines as long as
such views are neither Com-
munist nor "dangerously left-
_ ist."
The Jewish War Veterans
made representations to the
Marine Corps against partici-
pation of Marines in Lincoln
Rockwell's Nazi "storm troops."
The JWV is also seeking to
determine why the U.S. Depart-
ment of Justice has not desig-
nated Rockwell's group as a
subversive organization.
The veterans announced a
national policy committee meet-
ing had been summoned to
meet in New York on June 11,
to discuss counter - measures
against the Nazi activities in
Washington and the Nazi rally
scheduled to be held in New
York on July 4.
The Marine was cautioned by
his superiors against wearing
his Marine Corps uniform while
serving as a neo-Nazi "trooper."
The Corps explained that, had
this enlisted man joined any
organization on the Attorney
General's list of subversive
groups, he would have been
court-martialed. The United
States Department of Justice
advised the Marine Corps that
Rockwell's "American Nazi
Party" has not been officially
listed as a subversive organiza-
tion.
Many complaints were lodged
with the U.S. Park Police as a
result of a neo-Nazi disturb-
ance that occurred on Sunday.
Like the Memorial Day fracas,
this also involved a throng of
hundred s. When individuals
protested against Rockwell's
anti-Semitic tirade, the Park
Polie-e—by threats and force-
remoVed a n u e r of anti-
Nazis from the scene.
Police upheld the Rockwell
group's "right to freedom of
expression" but denied the
same right to all who sought
to voice anti-Nazi sentiments.
Guarded by police, neo-Nazis
circulated through the crowd,
who were mainly tourists, sur-
rounding some of the anti-
Nazis, threatening them and
taunting them. The police did
nothing to restrain the . neo-
Nazis but dragged and shoved
a number of persons who took
exception to being called such
names as "filthy kikee traitor."
In one instance, Rockwell
called through the loud speaker
for police to remove a young
man who was trying to object
to Nazism. Mounted policeman
No. 40 galloped up, seized the
anti-Nazi by the scruff of his
neck and dragged him about
30 yards. Rockwell commended
the police. The neo - Nazis
applauded.
A woman whose mother and
sister had been cremated in the
Nazi concentration camp of
Birkenau burst into tears. She
was shoved and roughly treated
by the police. The police
threatened a number of such
anti-Nazis with arrest, requiring
them to leave the area.
Anti - Jewish incitement
reached such a frenzy, under
seeming police protection, that
a number of persons wept with
rage. A police lieutenant was
heard to urge a policeman to
unhand a Jew he had seized.
Members of the crowd became
enraged when they noticed that
the police had permitted the
neo-Nazis the privilege of spe-
cial parking in an area marked
with a sign reading "no parking
at any time."
Three police officers said
they had been ordered to pro-
tect the "free speech" of the
neo-Nazis and to silence all
heckling. They said it was not
allowed to boo or hiss but it
was permitted to applaud or to
shout "Sieg, Heil!" One officer
conceded that his "free speech"
orders were "very confusing!'
He advised offended persons to
write to Park Police authorities.
District of Columbia author.
ities claim they were asked by
an important local community
group to avoid prosecution of
the Nazis because of "free
speech" considerations.
Tourist s, tears, streaming
down their faces, have called on
their congressmen. They pro-
tested bitterly against the anti-
Jew•sh taunts they are forced
to endure from Nazi "storm-
troopers." The tourists are sub-
jected to abuse when they are
forced to pass through police-
protected Nazi rallies en route
to the Capital's most important
art gallery and museums.
Members of the Congress
have criticized the local com-
munity's confused response to
the local Nazi problem. The
Nazis have threatened passers-
by with physical violence and
otherwise exploited and abused
the "free speech" mantle pro-
vided to them by civil libertari-
ans. Jews and Negroes are sub-
jected to obscene abuse, all in
the name of "free speech."
One influehtlal senator de-
plored what he termed an
"antiquated, hush-hush, so-
called quarantine policy."
The "ostrich response" was
inadequate, . he said, citing
the bold Madison Avenue
high-fidelity methods of the
Nazis."
Members of Congress said
privately. that "free speech"
advocates "leaned over back-
wards" to shield the Nazis.
They condemned the "mis-
guided and specious" support
of the Nazis by usually respon-
sible elements.
It was pointed out that it is
a breach of peace to use lan-
guage inciting to riot. The fact
that Jews are the victims does
not make it any less of a
breach.
Had the local Nazis been
thoroughly exposed in the
local press and vigor o u s
prosecution demanded, the
situation would not have de-
teriorated to the present
chaos, said a non-Jewish Con-
gressman. He thought the
existence here of "a private
stormtroop battalion—
whether of 30 or 300 men—
requires immediate legal ac-
tion."
Communist diplomats have
been . attending and photo-
graphing the Nazi rallies.
They relished the chance to
obtain anti-American propa-
ganda material in the heart
of Washington. Arab diplo-
mats apparently enjoy the
rallies, if their smiles are an
indication.
The Ambassador of Commu-
nist Poland watched U.S. park
police shove Jews at the May
29 disturbance. He told this
reporter it reminded him of
"other days" in Warsaw.
At one rally, police dogs
were held on leash to menace
anti - Nazis. A woman, near
hysteria, asked: "Has this free
speech business driven them
mad?" She told how her par-
ents were cremated in a Nazi
concentration camp.
The U.S. Department of In-
terior, with public funds, con-
structed a rectangular enclo-
sure to facilitate erection of the
Nazi speakers' platform. No
such facilities . are afforded in
London's Hyde Park or New
York's Union Square.
The demonstrations are held,
with increasing frequency . and
attendance, in the museum area
crowded with tourists. Nearby
is the National Archives Build-
ing where the • Declaration of
Independence, Constitution, and
Bill of Rights are enshrined.
A few hundred yards away is
the U.S. Department of Justice.
A high school senior class
found itself in the area. Amazed
by the husky brown-shirted
"storm - troopers," the teen-
agers listened briefly to Rock-
well's anti-Jewish tirade. Then
the boys and girls, mostly non-
Jews, shouted "go back to
Germany!"
But police shoved the group
back, ordering silence and "no
heckling" of Rockwell. The spir-
ited teen-agers started singing
"God Bless America." Police
made them stop.
A young Norwegian-Ameri-
can, on another occasion, be-
came enraged as he saw the
Nazi banner. The Nazis taunted
him menacingly. Instead of mov-
ing against his Nazi tormentors,
the police turned on the anti-
Nazi. He told by-standers that
his father had been tortured to
death by the GeStapo.
The dignified wife of a mem-
ber of the Italian delegation to
the United Nations strolled with
her children from the art gal-
lery. She stopped in her tracks.
Arms were raised in the Nazi
salute. There were shouts of
"Sieg Heil!" Loudspeakers blar-
ed the Nazi "Horst Wessel"
song. Jews were threatened.
The Italian woman told po-
lice this was a • "horrible
souvenir of Washington" for
visitors to take away. Her
friends had fought as anti-
Nazi partisans in Northern
Italy.
A Jew described as a former
concentration camp inmate lost
control of himself at another
rally. He screamed: "Hitler, Hit-
ler, Hitler!" He looked beseech-
ingly at the police. His wife
sought to calm and restrain
him. Nazis laughed mockingly.
The Jewish couple had come
from New York for a weekend
tour of their nation's capital.
(Editor's Note: Among the
tourist groups recently humili-
ated by Rockwell's "storm-
troopers" was the Detroit Mum
ford High School graduation
class, while on its class tour of
Washington).
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon repudiated support offer-
ed him in his presidential cam-
paign by Rockwell, leader of
the "American Nazi Party."
Herbert G. Klein, special as-
sistant to the Vice President,
said Nixon's views on Nazism
were in the same category as
his reaction to Communism. Re-
ferring to Rockwell's advocacy
of the Nixon candidacy, Klein
said that "all Americans should
join in opposing any man who
stirs up bias and hatred." He
recalled Nixon's visit to the
Warsaw Ghetto last year and
said the Vice President was
very moved by the experience.
In a public meeting here Sun-
day Rockwell asserted that his
group would campaign for Nix-
on. He denounced the Federal
Government as riddled with
Jews and bracketed Jews and
Communists.
For the first time since
Rockwell began holding pub-
lic rallies Sunday afternoons
near the National Archives
Building, police forebade him
to" use the loud - speakers
which carried his voice to
thousands of tourists strolling
in the area.
Rockwell has announced that
his organization will picket the
Israel Embassy, the White
House and the United Nations
on June 11 to protest alleged
Israeli "persecution" of Adolf
Eichmann, the Nazi war crimi-
nal. Rockwell also boasted that
members of his "Storm Troops"
included men on active duty
with the United States Armed
forces.
Telegraphic Agency in the Na-
tional Press Building here. The-
date "June 11" was inscribed.
with the swastika as an appal*•
ent form of threat. The date
appeared to refer to a coming
neo-Nazi mass rally advertised
to be held in Washington.
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