Blood and Politics (97 page)

  
5.
Marjorie Hyer, “Evangelist Reverses Position on God’s Hearing Jews,”
The Washington Post
, October 11, 1980; Clyde Wilcox,
God’s Warriors: The Christian Right in Twentieth Century America
(Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992), pp. 95–142; Sara Diamond,
Spiritual Warfare: The Politics of the Christian Right
(Boston: South End Press, 1989), pp. 45–110.

  
6.
Thomas Byrne Edsall with Mary D. Edsall,
Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics
(New York: W. W. Norton, 1992), pp. 129–31 (for tax vote).

  
7.
Ibid., p. 138.

  
8.
Bill Grimstad, “Reagan: A New Beginning?”
Crusader: The Voice of the White Majority
51 (January 1981): 1.

  
9.
Editorial,
The Spotlight
, February 2, 1981, p. 1.

10.
“
Spotlight
Notes One-Third Million Circulation Plateau: Friends Help Celebrate at Washington Gala,”
The Spotlight
, February 23, 1981.
Spotlight
subscriptions reached 305,000, according to Liberty Lobby documents.

11.
Editorial,
The Spotlight
, February 2, 1981.

12.
“Richardson Denounces Liberty Lobby, Withdraws as Nominee,”
The Spotlight
, May 11, 1981, p. 19; Fleming Lee, “Galileo Tortured into Saying Earth Is Flat; Does Richardson Believe His Own ‘Confession’?”
The Spotlight
, May 11, 1981, p. 18.

13.
Spencer Rich, “Withdrawal by Richardson Saves Administration Unpleasant Fight,”
The Washington Post
, April 26, 1981; Lynn Rosellini, “Health Post Choice Withdraws amid Controversy,”
The New York Times
, April 26, 1981.

14.
James P. Tucker, Jr., “Establishment Media Smears Liberty Lobby,”
The Spotlight
, May 4, 1981, p. 4.

15.
Lee, “Galileo Tortured,” p. 18.

16.
Willis A. Carto, ed.,
Profiles in Populism
(Old Greenwich, Conn.: Flag Press, 1982), pp. 199–200 (from “A Populist Glossary,” first published as a serial in
The Spotlight
during 1980 and 1981).

17.
Evelyn Newman, “Klan Victims Sue Federal Gov’t,”
National Anti-Klan Network Newsletter
, Fall 1983 (includes quotes from Reynolds to Crumsey).

18.
Philip Shenon, “U.S. Rights Official Discounts Tension,”
The New York Times
, February 7, 1987.

19.
Drew Days,
Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Review
, 1984, cited in Edsall and Edsall,
Chain Reaction
, p. 190.

20.
Edsall and Edsall,
Chain Reaction
, pp. 172–97.

21.
David C. Savage,
Turning Right: The Making of the Rehnquist Supreme Court
(New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1993), p. 9.

22.
Edsall and Edsall,
Chain Reaction
, pp. 187–88.

23.
George Nicholas, “Arabs Cite 29 Foreign Agents Close to Reagan,”
The Spotlight
, June 22, 1981, p. 1; Henry Thompson, “Reagan Knew Iraq No Threat While Defending Israeli Raid,”
The Spotlight
, July 6, 1981, p. 1; Harrison Horne, “Reagan Preaches Populism, Practices ‘Politics as Usual,’”
The Spotlight
, September 13, 1982, p. 1; Harrison Horne, “Reagan’s Tax Hike Takes Bite from Most Ardent Supporters,”
The Spotlight
, September 27, 1982, p. 6.

24.
According to Liberty Lobby documents,
The Spotlight
January 5 and 12, 1981, had a paid circulation of 268,423 subscriptions, 22,021 pledge, and 53,364 bulk for a total paid of 343,808.
The Spotlight
December 3, 1984, had a paid circulation of 108,725 subscriptions, 24,427 pledge, and 21,694 bulk for a total paid of 154,846.

25.
Liberty Lobby, Inc. et al. v. Jack Anderson
, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Civil Action 81-2440;
Liberty Lobby, Inc. et al. Appelants v. Jack Anderson et al.
, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 83-1471.

26.
Howard Hunt, Jr. Appellant v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 821787;
E. Howard Hunt, Jr. Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Liberty Lobby, a D.C. Corp., Defendant Apellant
, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 82-5321;
Mel Mermelstein v. Institute for Historical Review, Legion for the Survival of Freedom
, Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles, C356542.

6. Denying the Holocaust

  
1.
Reporter’s transcript, October 9, 1981, before Hon. Thomas T. Johnson,
Mel Mermelstein v. Institute for Historical Review, Legion for the Survival of Freedom
, Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles, C356542, p. 36; Judgment in case no. 356542 filed by county clerk on August 5, 1985; Myrna Oliver, “Holocaust Doubters Settle Auschwitz Survivor’s Suit,”
Los Angeles Times
, July 25, 1985.

  
2.
“Booklist,” Institute for Historical Review, Winter 1982/83 (“#335
Anne Frank’s Diary: A Hoax
, by Ditlieb Felderer”); “A few facts about the Institute for Historical Review,” Subscription flyer, n.d. (books listed include
The Auschwitz Myth
, by Wilhelm Staglich); “Revisionist Report,” (resolution passed unanimously at the first IHR conference),
The Spotlight
, September 24, 1979.

  
3.
Frank Tompkins, “$50,000 Offered for Proof Nazis Gassed Jews,”
The Spotlight
, September 24, 1979, pp. 6–7; Michael Collins Piper,
Best Witness: The Mel Mermelstein Affair and the Triumph of Historical Revisionism
(Washington, D.C.: Center for Historical Review, 1994), pp. 29–32.

  
4.
“Special Holocaust Edition,”
The Crusader
, no. 49, n.d. (Metairie, La.: Patriot Press); “The Great Holocaust Debate,”
The Spotlight
, September 24, 1979.

  
5.
Harold Ellington Cabot, “$50,000 Reward for Substantiating Holocaust Unclaimed,”
The Spotlight
September 1, 1980, p. 14.

  
6.
Lewis Brandon [David McCalden], letter to Mel Mermelstein, November 20, 1980, “We will re-open the reward so that you can apply”; Keith Stimely, “Nazi Gassings a Myth?” special report published by the Institute for Historical Review, n.d.

  
7.
Mel Mermelstein,
By Bread Alone: The Story of A-4685
(Los Angeles: Crescent Publications, 1979); Turner Network Television,
Never Forget
, starring Leonard Nimoy, aired April 8, 1991; Mark Belinghof, “Docudrama Focuses on Man’s Fight Against Revisionists,”
Kansas City Jewish Chronicle
, March 29, 1991.

  
8.
David McCalden,
David McCalden Revisionist Newsletter
, no. 2 (1981).

  
9.
Mel Mermelstein v. Institute for Historical Review, Legion for the Survival of Freedom
, C356543, court reporter’s transcript of October 9, 1981, hearing, p. 15.

10.
Willis Carto, videotape of deposition, February 25 and 26, 1985, in Washington, D.C.,
Mel Mermelstein vs. Institute for Historical Review
, Legion for the Survival of Freedom, Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles, C356542.

11.
Mel Mermelstein v. Institute for Historical Review
, California Superior Court, C356542;
Willis Carto v. William Cox, Melvin Mermelstein, Herbert Brin, Heritage Publishing Company, Auschwitz Study Foundation, Inc.
, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Civil Action no. 83-1788;
Mel Mermelstein v. Legion for the Survival of Freedom
, California Superior Court, C629224;
Mel Mermelstein v. Legion for the Survival of Freedom
, California Court of Appeals, Second Appellate District, Division Two, B064033.

12.
LaVonne Furr, deposition, March 14, 2000,
Legion for the Survival of Freedom, Inc. v. Lewis Furr and LaVonne Furr
, 97-221, in the Chancery Court of Garland County, Arkansas, March 14, 2000, pp. 12–17.

13.
LaVonne Furr, deposition,
Legion for the Survival of Freedom, Inc., v. Lewis Furr and LaVonne Furr
, pp. 12–17 (helped husband and Mathews), pp. 40–41 (met Carto in D.C.).

14.
Legion for the Survival of Freedom, “By-Laws,” signed by LaVonne Furr as secretary, June 16, 1966; LaVonne Furr accurately described the reincorporation during the deposition cited above, but gave an incorrect date (1967).

15.
LaVonne Furr, deposition,
Legion for the Survival of Freedom, Inc., v. Lewis Furr and LaVonne Furr
, pp. 44–47, pp. 36–37, pp. 48–49.

16.
American Mercury
536 (Spring 1980), (“Since June, 1966, it [A.M.] has incorporated RIGHT, WESTERN DESTINY, FOLK, and NORTHERN WORLD”).

17.
Austin J. App, Ph.D., “That Elusive Six Million,”
American Mercury
, 481 (June 1966).

18.
Teressa Hendry, “Was Anne Frank’s Diary a Hoax?,”
American Mercury
(Summer 1967).

19.
Hans von Thenen, “The Truth About Dachau Concentration Camp,”
American Mercury
(Spring 1976), pp. 26–27.

20.
Benito Mussolini, “Church, State and Sex,”
American Mercury
(Fall 1976, reprinted from a 1931 edition of an English-language magazine,
Liberty
).

21.
Manfred Roeder, “Germany Alive!”
American Mercury
(Summer 1975), p. 34.

22.
Willis Carto, deposition,
Liberty Lobby, Inc., v. Dow Jones and Company
, June 19, 1985, p. 96.

23.
American Mercury
483 (Winter 1966), State of Circulation, Line C, Paid Circulation of Issue Nearest, 7,087; 487 (Winter 1967), Line C, 6,123; 491 (Winter 1968), Line C, 7,039; 495 (Winter 1969), Line C, 9,561; 499 (Winter 1970), Line C, 11,646; 511 (Winter 1973), Line C, 14,308; 515 (Winter 1974), Line C, 18,640; 523 (Winter 1976), Line C, 11,385; 527 (Winter 1977), Line C, 10,655; 531 (Winter 1978), Line C, 8,322; 535 (Winter 1979), Line C, 7,767.

24.
David McCalden,
David McCalden Revisionist Newsletter
, no. 2 (December 1981); during the winter of 1977 Noontide distributed H. K. Thompson, Jr.,
Doenitz at Nuremburg: A Reappraisal
(New York: Amber Publishing Co.), among others.

25.
David McCalden, deposition, June 12, 1981, p. 72,
Mel Mermelstein v. Institute for Historical Review, Legion for the Survival of Freedom
, C356543.

26.
Willis Carto, letter to Lavonne Furr, September 12, 1993.

27.
E. L. Anderson, Ph.D. [Carto], “The Way It Might Have Been,”
American Mercury
(Summer 1973); LaVonne Doden Furr is listed as managing editor; both E. L. Anderson and Lee Roberts are listed as contributing editors on p. 8.

28.
Wilmot Robertson,
Dispossessed Majority
2nd rev. ed. (Howard Allen Enterprises, Inc., 1976), p. 14; Robertson made a subtle but significant change in a later edition, changing
the referenced sentence to “after the inventory of Hitler’s racial
policies
was published” (author’s emphasis) (3rd rev. ed., 1981).

29.
C. Vann Woodward,
The Strange Career of Jim Crow
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1955); Eric Hobsbawm,
The Age of Extremes: A History of the World 1914–1991
(New York: Pantheon Books, 1991), p. 239.

30.
“The Holocaust Problem,”
National Vanguard
, Newspaper of the National Alliance, no. 84, November 1981, p. 14 (this editorial was unsigned, but William Pierce wrote all of the National Alliance editorials, and this one bears the marks of his writing style).

31.
“The Holocaust Problem,”
National Vanguard
, pp. 8 and 14.

32.
Ibid., p. 14.

33.
Ibid., p. 8.

34.
A. R. Butz,
The Hoax of the Twentieth Century
(Surrey, UK: Historical Review Press), n.d.;A. R. Butz,
The Hoax of the Twentieth Century: The Case Against the Presumed Extermination of European Jewry
(Torrance, Calif.: Institute for Historical Review, first U.S. printing May 1977).

7. Survivalism Meets a Subcultural “Christian Identity”

  
1.
Author, notes from the survival expo in Kansas City; Leonard Zeskind (unsigned), “National Survivalist Expo in Kansas City,”
The Hammer
1 (November 1982); Mary Lou Nolan, “Survivalists’ Exhibits Offer Food for Thought and Holocaust,”
The Kansas City Star
, September 24, 1982.

  
2.
James William Gibson,
Warrior Dreams: Paramilitary Culture in Post-Vietnam America
(New York: Hill and Wang, 1994).

  
3.
Author attended many different “Gun & Knife Shows” in Kansas, Missouri, Georgia, and Arizona during the years 1981–2001.

  
4.
The C.S.A. Survival Manual
, The Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord, Spring 1982, p. 34.

  
5.
Deborah Singer and Roger Moore, “Of Families, ‘Supremacy’ and Survival,”
The Kansas City Star
, July 25, 1982; “C.S.A. Survival Training School,”
C.S.A. Journal
7, n.d.; James Coates,
Armed and Dangerous: The Rise of the Survivalist Right
(New York: Hill and Wang, 1987), pp. 137–38.

  
6.
Leonard Zeskind,
The “Christian Identity” Movement: Analyzing Its Theological Rationalization for Racist and Anti-Semitic Violence
, Division of Church and Society of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., October 1986.

  
7.
David Brion Davis,
Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), pp. 64–70 and 186–90 (Davis’s authoritative account demonstrates both the importance of the Biblical story of Ham in justifying slavery and the use of that justification by Christians, Muslims, and Jews); Elaine Pagels,
The Origin of Satan
(Vintage, 1996) (the origin of the Devil Jew in Christian thought).