"Ben Franklin, Myself, the Jews"

SMITH, Charles Copeland. *NO Copies located in WorldCat.*

Published by Offset printed from typed originals., 1939

About this Item

SMITH, Charles Copeland. "Ben Franklin, Myself, the Jews", a Neighbor Guild Broadcast/WJJD Radio, Chicago, 19 March 1939, 10"x 8.5", 10 pp printed front and back. Also comes with a 4pp promotional for Smith's radio lecture series. Offset printed from typed originals, staple-bound. Original wrappers, with text printed on one side only. Provenance: gift from the Guild to the U.S. State Department, then the Library of Congress, with their stamps. GOOD+ condition. RARE: WorldCat locates NO copies. [++] This is a transcript of a radio broadcast by Dr. Charles Copeland Smith on 19 March 1939, exposing the forgery and falsity of the (then) five-year-old anti-Semitic fraud of Ben Franklin hating the Jews. The "Franklin Forgery" (also known as the "Franklin Prophesy") may have found its origin with local fascist William Dudley Pelley of the infamous Silver Legion, printing up his reports on his press in Asheville (NC) passing along what was supposed to be a contemporary warning by Franklin against the Jews. It was all false, of course, though there are still remnants of people who need to believe these lies. The address by Smith decimates the claims made against Franklin. [++] The radio station (WJJD) originated in 1924 with about 5,000 watts, moving to Chicago in 1927 with 20k watts, so there was ample possibility for the broadcasts to reach an audience of hundreds of thousands of people.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1625229293215

Bibliographic Details

• Title: "Ben Franklin, Myself, the Jews"
• Publisher: Offset printed from typed originals.
• Publication Date: 1939
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Social History