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is Roy Carlson, Author of the much discussed book, "Undercover"
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Under Cover
My four years in the Nazi underworld of America--the
amazing revelation of how axis agents and our enemies within are now plotting to
destroy the United States by John Roy Carlson
"Under Cover" was a best seller in 1943, the
story of how an Armenian-American magazine writer became "synthetic Italian"
(the author's term) George Pagnanelli, publisher of a short-lived hate sheet and
member or hanger-on of thirty fascist, Nazi, or nativist American groups in
order to investigate the late 1930s-early 1940s far Right. What Carlson
uncovered was pretty interesting; printing houses churning out translated German
propaganda
or American-made anti-Semitic tracts and books, secretive "gun clubs"
full of fascists waiting for the order to begin "the revolution", isolationist
pressure groups made up of old ladies who could cry on command while marching
around Congress, pro-Japanese black fascists in Harlem hoping that Hitler would
kill off the white man, retired US Army Generals attempting to lead or bankroll
pro-Nazi "patriotic" groups. In short, a collection of cranks and loons, but
ones that could influence American foreign policy, which was already
isolationist. After Pearl Harbor, Carlson hoped that his "patriotic" friends
would give up the nonsense, but no luck; the propaganda still kept coming while
the more openly Nazi or Fascist groups (like the Nazi party clone German
American Bund) went underground and members began to encourage draft avoidance
while dodging the Army themselves. According to "Under Cover" it was not until
1942 that the F.B.I. began detaining the more famous "patriotic" propagandists
like Laura Ingalls or Elizabeth Dilling for sedition.
Why would a Libertarian like Raimondo, editor and columnist of Antiwar.com, hate
a sixty-year-old book? Quite simply because it exposes the truth about two of
his pet subjects, the America First Committee, and the writer (Lonnie) Lawrence
Dennis. The America First began as a small isolationist club formed in 1940 by
the Yale son of a Quaker Oats vice-president. Certain businessmen, such as Henry
Ford and Jay Hormel (of Hormel Meat fame) put up the cash to expand the
organization nation-wide, and by 1942 the group had millions of members. The
problem was that the nativists and Nazis began joining the ranks and influencing
the leadership, which had no politics except "keep America out of the war." The
result: American Firster
Charles Lindbergh (of "Spirit of St. Louis" fame)
has
his name tarnished. Dennis, on the other hand, knew exactly what he was doing.
The former "mulatto boy preacher," who for many years passed as white, went from
being a leftist in the 1920's to a Fascist after F.D.R. was elected. When
Carlson interviewed him in 1942 he plainly stated "I am for National-Socialism
in America." Raimondo admires both because they were isolationist, but their
isolationism served another purpose, to allow Hitler to dominate Europe.
What I disliked about Carlson's work is that his descriptions of the people he
spied on always make them look far more grotesque than their photographs (for
example, William Dudley Pelly looked bad due to years of smoking, but Carlson
describes him as a walking corpse) while he leaves catty hints that Dennis is
actually black. It's just pointlessly vindictive, and spoils a good book which
names all the names and leaves the reader in awe that Carlson's "Pagnanelli"
facade didn't collapse sooner.
The Plotters Personal Experiences of an Under Cover Agent
Investigating Individuals and Groups That Menace Our National unity-A Smashing
Expose by Carlson John Roy
(Hardcover
- 1946)
Under Cover - My Four Years In The Nazi Underworld Of
America by John Roy Carlson
(Hardcover
- 1943
Cairo To Damascus (Paperback)
by John Roy Carlson (Author)
Book Description
Text extracted from opening pages of book: JOHN ROY CARLSON CAIRO
TO DAMASCUS 1 9 Alfred A. Knopf 5 i N E w YORK PREFACE IT seems to me there are
two ways, generally speaking, to pre pare a book, take a trip, or, for that
matter, to live a life. One may go at it dilettante fashion, as a tourist
nibbling at experience, titillating the emotions yet emotionally starved,
stimulating oneself with ambition yet forever tortured by frustration.
Circumstances and temperament, however, may conspire together so that, with the
freedom of a nomad, one can escape the straightjacket of everyday boredom,
hurdle fences of space and time, and consume life at its sources. Properly
directed, such an earthly life may give wing to one's imagination, clarity to
one's thinking, strength to one's convictions, and even bring one nearer to the
simple, eternal truths of God and spirit This book, I feel, belongs in the
second category the cate gory of the primitive. I left my country quite as
uninformed, I am afraid, as are most Americans with respect to other peoples and
other shores. But everywhere I went I sought to touch reality always honestly,
and always at first hand. Everywhere I clung close to the smells, the flora and
fauna of native existence. In that spirit I have written of the Arabs among whom
I lived. I found much good and much evil evil acquired through a feudal order
that, in my opinion, remains the Arab's greatest enemy and his greatest barrier
to emergence from the dark ages. I am grateful for Arab hospitality and the
kindness I was shown, but a reporter, like a physician, must not remain blind to
the ills plaguing his subject. With no desire to attribute to myself or my
writings any viii Preface exaggerated importance, it is my fervent hope that the
many Armenians living in the Arab Middle East will not suffer at the hands of
fanatics because an American of Armenian descent happened to write this book. To
them I can only say that I have told the story honestly, as I saw it. And to my
Arab friends who asked only that I tell the truth/' I can say in all conscience
that I have told the truth. Let me assure them that I speak in this book as an
American, and purely in an individual capacity, with no ties to or membership in
any Armenian-American body save the church into which I was born. Any
retribution against the Armenians a minority island in a Moslem sea would be an
unwarranted and senseless cruelty. I have written this book with the hope that
it will bring both Arabs and Jews into truer focus for the reader; that it will
help reveal what they are and what they are not, what may be expected of them
and what is impossible. I pray that these ancient Semitic peoples will reconcile
their differences, that Palestine refugees who, in the main, left their homes
because Arab leaders urged them to do so expecting a short war and a quick
victory will be resettled. The only alternative to peace is disaster for Arab,
Jew, and Christian, for none may hope to prosper alone. Together they may
ultimately build a prosperous and democratic Middle East. To remain apart, at
dagger's point, means only that Communism and anarchy can be the ultimate
victors. This book could not have been written without the faith and love of
friends. It would never have seen the light of day without the help of those who
stood by steadfastly through the four stormy years of its preparation and
writing, 1947-51. To Harold Strauss, my editor, and Paul Reynolds, my literary
agent, I am grateful for their continuous faith and patience since they took me
on four years ago. To the Reverend L. M. Birkhead I am equally thankful for his
continued understanding and kindness. To Gerold Frank, who helped enormously in
the editing and in clearing up a vast amount of the under brush of writing, I
especially owe a lasting debt of gratitude. Preface ix After my book was
completed, I asked a Syrian Christian ( who must remain anonymous because of
possible retaliation against his relations.
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