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Franklin Forgery
Continued from Page 2
story that the two
newspapers were seized by
the Moroccan government,
thus reflecting the Moroc-
can attitude of friendship
for the Jewish people, his
report stating: "The regime
of King Hassan II has
always been careful to
avoid equating anti-
Zionism with anti-
Semitism." The correspon-
dent from Rabat stated in
his report:
"The seized issues of
both papers published the
text of an anti-Jewish
declaration attributed to
Benjamin Franklin, which
first appeared in Europe in
the 1930s and is alleged to
have been inspired by Nazi
propagandists. . ."
In the interest of
historical accuracy, let us
reproduce here a news
release that was dated Ju-
ly 7, 1938. That release
from the Anti-Nazi League
that was headed by the late
Samuel Untermyer stated:
The anti-Semitism at-
tributed to Benjamin
Franklin by American
Nazis was revealed as a
deliberate lie by the Non-
Sectarian Anti-Nazi
League of 20 W. 27th St.,
New York City, following
communications with
Alfred Rigling, librarian of
the Franklin Institute of
Philadelphia, Pa.
"Dr. Franklin never ut-
tered the sentiments which
are attributed to him in the
supposed journal or diary
of Charles Pinckney," Mr.
Rigling told the league "In
fact, no such diary has ever
been found. There is
moreover positive evi-
dence that Franklin held
Jews in high esteem."
The Non-Sectarian
League contacted Mr. Rigl-
ing immediately after the
appearance of an anti-
Semitic handbill in New
York City on June 11 which
quoted Benjamin Franklin
as having said "Jews are a
menace to this country if
permitted entrance and
should be excluded." The
handbill bore the name,
and insignia, of the
German-American Voca-
tional League, Inc., of 21 E.
75th St., New York City,
which immediately denied
connection with the
publication and asked for
an investigation by the
Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
Approximately 5,000
copies of the handbill were
distributed in New York Ci-
ty and vicinity, the Non-
Sectarian League believes.
"Certain grammatical er-
rors made in the handbill
are synonymous with er-
rors consistently used by
writers for an organization
close to the German-
American Volksbund,"
directors of the league
said. "It is natural that
these individuals would
use the name of another
organization to cover up
their lies."
The "sick minds" reappear
too frequently. Their poison
must not be permitted to
spread. The abuses of basic
American ideals, should not
be interfered with in an
honorable American society.
The concerned among us
should retain the lead in con-
demning such outrages. Jews
of all ages must be aware of
the menacing effects. ❑
Encyclopedic
Facts As Addenda
Jewish historical records
contain references to the Ben-
jamin Franklin forgery. The
Universal Jewish En-
cyclopedia has a Franklin
biographical sketch with
numerous Jewish references.
The text of it contains the
following:
In 1934 a story was set
afloat by William Dudley
Pelley in his journal
Liberation (February 3,
1934) purporting to be an
extract from a "private
diary" of Charles Pinckney
of South Carolina, one of
the framers of the Con-
stitution of the United
States.
The "extract" contained
a speech, supposed to have
been made by Franklin
during an intermission of
the Constitutional Conven-
tion, denouncing the Jews
and urging their exclusion
from the United States. The
story, with minor varia-
tions, was picked up by the
Nazis and spread through-
out the world by circulars,
newspapers, books, and
radio broadcasts.
One variation claimed
that the original of the "ex-
tract" was in The Franklin
Institute of Philadelphia,
Pa. The "diary" itself was
not produced; The
Franklin Institute denied
(The Institute News, vol. 3,
No. 4, August 1938, pages
1,2) that it had any such
diary and termed it
"mythical"; and Charles A.
Beard, a leading American
historian, in The Jewish
Frontier for March, 1935,
scotched the supposed
Franklin statement as a
crude forgery showing a
contemporary German
origin.
❑