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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 22
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GITTH stated that the delez;ation received a very fine statement
from Congressman BURDICK. He stated that BURDICK is the one man in Congress
who has introduced a bill to take the United States out of the United Nations. i
SMITH said that BURDICK was presented with a membership list of Congress, and
was asked to check off the names of those who were in agreement on hia bill.
SMITH said that the name#of 105 men in the House of Representatives alone were
checked off by BURDICK. He added that BURDICK said that when he first intro-
duced the bill he was one of less than ten who favored it.
In discussing the views of Congressmen and Senators with regard to |
abolishing the United Nations SMITH stated that the men who are right will vote i
right. He pointed out, however, that there are others who will vote on a question ;
in a certain way because the; have been "bought" or are voting that way in order
to return a favor to a colleaue. In this connection SIITH mentioned that there |
is a certain percenta,e of men in Congress who have been very wise in jud,ing
the winnins side, and he told his audience in effect, Suppose I tell you that
the shrewdest opportunists in the Congress are for us in this campaign to
abolish the UN. SMITH stated that a recent issue of "United Nations Yorld"
reflected that according to its polls 8 per cent of the public is now a,ainst
- UN. He added that the article stated that the leader of the campaign to abolish
the United Nations, which campai.n has made its influence felt, is the Christian |
Nationalist Crusade led by GERILD L. K. SMITH. pte dy:
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SMITH discussed MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT. He stated that in the past
she tad ridiculed MARTIN DIES. SMITH stated that MRS. ROOSEVELT has been on
the wron, side of every public issue. He expressed the belief that URS,
ROOSEVELT has done more to encouraze Communism in America than either EARL BROWER
or W. Z. FOSTER. He stated that not much ,ood can be said about a woman who
will abuse ("]}HITTAKER) CHAMPERS and impugn his inte,rity after HISS has been
sentenced to the penitentiary.
SMITH expressed the opinion that we have all the Russian Jews in this
country that we can handle now, In connection with his discussion of Jews, he
referred to the atomic energy spies. He also stated that he would like to see
"Old Brother Einstein® run right out of the country. This statement was greeted
with applause, SMITH said tnat one of the Senators had taken DR. SWIFT to the
judiciary committee to testify. SMITH also stated that a member of the judiciary
committee told him, SMITH, in Congress, that every Jewish organization in the
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