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Title proper
Smash Anti-Semitism and save this continent from Fascism : [poster]
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- Textual record
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MS-2-232, OS Box 22, Folder 13, Item 1
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February 11, 1944 (Creation)
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Physical description
1 poster : b&w, newsprint ; 42 x 54 cm
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(1892-1974)
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Scope and content
Item consists of a full-page newsprint broadside commissioned by the Textbook Commission to Eliminate Anti-Semitic Statements in American Textbooks (chaired by Kenneth Leslie of The Protestant), as it appeared in The Stoneham, Massachusetts "Independent" on February 11, 1944. Item contains the header "Smash Anti-Semitism and save this continent from Fascism", includes a passage of a Kenneth Leslie speech, a letter submitted by Boston minister Rev. W. Ellis Davies, a "Pledge" signed by '2,863 ordained Christian ministers' to eliminate the 'cowardly propaganda of anti-Semitism" from textbooks, as well as contact information for the Textbook Commission.
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Physical condition
A few tape-repairs made along folds; two short tears to right margin (not affecting text)
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- English