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In defense of his anonymous poster of last week requesting two minutes of silence in memory of the Spanish "Reds", Merwin K. Hart '40, issued a statement last night in which he claimed its purpose was "to get a good rise out of communists and the Student Union."
The poster included distortions of names such as "Felix Finkleberger" and "Of Of Goldstein". Stating definitely that the poster was not anti-Semitic Hart said, "One might argue that it is anti-Irish, because the name Thomson was distorted, or anti-Russian or anti-German. If so, well then it might be called anti-Semitic, for among the twenty names ridiculed, two happened to be Jews."
Says He is Not Fascist
"But the charge of Fascist is really a laugh. When I consider the number of people who have been called Fascist, I can include Roosevelt, Landon, Governor Hurley ... Then why should I be disturbed to be tarred with a meaningless word?" Hart stated.
Quoting Plutarch Hart concluded, "A noble heart knows no insult."
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