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American Nazi Party — Part 1
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Apparently, Rockwell's most pressing problem is the lack of
funds. Regardless of sporadic, exaggerated claims of solvency, since
the founding of the ANP, Rockwell's chant has been "no money at all."
There is reportedly no. logical accounting system used by the Party.
When there is money in the bank, Rockwell spends it freely. When it
is gone, he curtails his activities once > again and begins critical
campaigns for additional funds.
In 1960, it was reported that he and some members had for
a time subsisted on cat food. By their own admission, ANP members
regularly eat beans and canned hash. Utilities at the headquarters and
the barracks are constantly being discontinued for lack of payment,
and repossession is a familiar occurrence. The “hate bus" used in :
demonstrations during 1961 was repossessed eventually by the bank.
When trying to impress people with the growing strength
and importance of the ANP, Rockwell brags about available funds. "In
the whole movement in the first three years we didn't have $10,000
for three years. ...it's gone up to about $75,000."
But, when attempting to appear as a martyr, Rockwell
changes his tune. ‘We have almost no money. We operate from
hand to mouth; I use the old fashioned Yankee ingenuity, and guts, to
replace the money that we don't have. Our whole budget for the last
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