Would You Help This Man?

New York: National Federation for Constitutional Liberties, [194-]. A pamphlet comparing Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels with Texas Congressman Martin Dies and the Dies Committee (which later became the House Committee on Un-American Activities). Includes excerpts from three far right figures (Fritz Kuhn [German American Bund], William Dudley Pelley [Silver Shirts], and George Deatherage [Knights of the White Camellia] endorsing Dies and his work targeting communists. The NFCL on the other hand accused Dies of targeting only leftists and

The National Federation for Constitutional Liberties (NFCL) was composed of labor activists, church leaders, Communist Party members, and other progressive activists, but essentially became a Communist Front group. It was founded in 1940 at a national conference on civil liberties and in 1946 joined the International Labor Defense and National Negro Congress to form the Civil Rights Congress.

Newsprint sheet, folded, photograph of Goebbels to the cover, 4 p. A near fine copy. Not found separately catalogued in WorldCat, although likely held in broader NFCL collections. Item #12554

Price: $150.00