A Speech by Father Terminiello, in Chicago, 1949:
Now, I am going to whisper my greetings to you, Fellow Christians. I will
interpret it. I said, 'Fellow Christians,' and I suppose there are some of
the scum got in by mistake, so I want to tell a story about the scum:
And nothing I could say tonight could begin to express the contempt I have
for the slimy scum that got in by mistake.
The subject I want to talk to you tonight about is the attempt that is going
on right outside this hall tonight, the attempt that is going on to destroy
America by revolution.
My friends, it is no longer true that it can't happen here. It is happening
here, and it only depends upon you, good people, who are here tonight,
depends upon all of us together, as Mr. Smith said. The tide is changing,
and if you and I turn and run from that tide, we will all be drowned in this
tidal wave of Communism which is going over the world.
I am not going to talk to you about the menace of Communism, which is
already accomplished, in Russia, where from eight to fifteen million people
were murdered in cold blood by their own countrymen, and millions more
through Eastern Europe at the close of the war are being murdered by these
murderous Russians, hurt, being raped and sent into slavery. That is what
they want for you, that howling mob outside.
I know I was told one time that my winter quarters were ready for me in
Siberia. I was told that. Now, I am talking about the fifty-seven
varieties that we have in America, and we have fifty-seven varieties of
pinks and reds and pastel shades in this country; and all of it can be
traced back to the twelve years we spent under the New Deal, because that
was the build-up for what is going on in the world today.
Now, Russia promised us we would ga (sic) back to the official newspaper of
Russia. Primarily it was back about 1929. They quoted the words of George
E. Dimitroff, who at that time was the Executive Secretary of the Communist
International. I only quote you this one passage. I could quote thousands
of paragraphs for you. Let me quote you: 'You worldwide nature of our
program is not mere talk, but an all embracing blood-soaked reality.' That
is what they want for us, a blood-soaked reality but it was promised to us
by the crystal gazers in Washington; and you know what I mean by the
'crystal gazers,' I presume.
First of all, we had Queen Eleanor. Mr. Smith said, 'Queen Eleanor is now
one of the world's communists. She is one who said this—imagine, coming
from the spouse of the former President of the United States for twelve long
years—this is what she said: 'The war is but a step in the revolution. The
war is but one step in the revolution, and we know who started the war.'
Then we have Henry Adolph Wallace, the sixty million job magician. You know
we only need fifty-four million jobs in America and everybody would be
working. He wants sixty million jobs, because some of the bureaucrats want
two jobs apiece. Here he is, what he says about revolution: 'We are in for
a profound revolution. Those of us who realize the inevitableness of the
revolution, and are anxious that it be gradual and bloodless instead of
somewhat bloody. Of course, if necessary, we will have it more bloody.'
'And then Chief Justice Stone had this to say: 'A way has been found for the
effective suppression of speeches and press and religion, despite
constitutional guarantee,'—from the Chief Justice, from the Chief Justice of
the United States.
Now, my friends, they are planning another ruse; and if it ever happens to
this cou-try (sic), God help America. They are going to try to put into Mr.
Edgar Hoover's position a man by the name of George Swarzwald. I think even
those who were uneducated on so-called sedition charges, that the majority
of the individuals in this department, that Christ-like men and women who
realize today what is going on in this country, men who are in this audience
today, who want to know the names of those people, before they are outside,
they want to know the names if any. Did you hear any tonight that you
recognize? Most of them probably are imported. They are imported from
Russia, certainly. If you know the names, please send them to me
immediately.
Didn't you ever read the Morgenthau plan for the starvation of little babies
and pregnant women in Germany? Whatever could a child that is born have to
do with Hitler or anyone else at the beginning of the war? Why should every
child in Germany today not live to be more than two or three months of age?
Because M rgenthau wants it that way, and so did F.D.R.
You will know who is behind it when I tell you the story of a doctor in
Akron, Ohio. He boasted to a friend of mine within the last few days, while
he was in the service of this country as a doctor, he and others of his kind
made it a practice—now, this was not only one man—made it a practice to
amputate the limbs of every German they came in contact with whenever they
could get away with it; so, that they could never carry a gun. Imagine men
of that caliber, sworn to serve this beautiful country of ours, why should
we tolerate them?
My friends, this moment someone reminded me of the plan to sterilize them.
The nurses, they tell me are going to inject diseases in them, syphilis and
other diseases in every one that came there all of one race, all
non-Christians.
Now, we are going to get the threats of the people of Argentine, the people
of Spain. We have now declared, according to our officials, to have
declared Franco to have taken the place of Hitler. Franco was the savior of
what was left of Europe.
Now, let me say, I am going to talk about—I almost said, about the Jews. Of
course, I would not want to say that. However, I am going to talk about
some Jews. I hope that—I am a Christian minister. We must take a Christian
attitude. I don't want you to go from this hall with hatred in your heart
for any person, for no person.
Now, this danger which we face—let us call them Zionist Jews if you will,
let's call them atheistic, communistic Jewish or Zionist Jews, then let us
not fear to condemn them. You remember the Apostles when they went into the
upper room after the death of the Master, they went in there, after locking
the doors; they closed the windows. (At this time there was a very loud
noise as if something was being thrown into the building.)
Don't be disturbed. That happened by the way, while Mr. Gerald Smith was
saying 'Our Father who art in heaven;' (just then a rock went through the
window.) Do you wonder they were persecuted in other countries in the world?
'You know I have always made a study of the psychology, sociology of mob
reaction. It is exemplified out there. Remember there has to be a leader
to that mob. He is not out there. He is probably across the street,
looking out the window. There must be certain things, money, other things,
in order to have successful mob action; there must be rhythm. There must be
some to beat a cadence. Those mobs are chanting; that is the caveman's
chant. They were trained to do it. They were trained this afternoon. They
are being led; there will be violence.
That is why I say to you, men, don't you do it. Walk out of here dignified.
The police will protect you. Put the women on the inside, where there will
be no hurt to them. Just walk; don't stop and argue. They want to picket
our meetings. They don't want us to picket their meetings. It is the same
kind of tolerance, if we said there was a bedbug in bed, 'We don't care for
you,' or if we looked under the bed and found a snake and said, 'I am going
to be tolerant and leave the snake there.' We will not be tolerant of that
mob out there. We are not going to be tolerant any longer.
We are strong enough. We are not going to be tolerant of their smears any
longer. We are going to stand up and dare them to smear us.
So, my friends, since we spent much time tonight trying to quiet the howling
mob, I am going to bring my thoughts to a conclusion, and the conclusion is
this. We must all be like the Apostles before the coming of the Holy Ghost.
We must not lock ourselves in an upper room for fear of the Jews. I speak
of the Communistic Zionistic Jew, and those are not American Jews. We don't
want them here; we want them to go back where they came from.
Mr. Smith: I would like to ask that Miss Purcell would please go back to
the front of the building and contact the police officer in charge of the
detail. We are going to adjourn this meeting i and when Miss Purcell comes
back and reports to me that the one in charge of the detail believes it is
safe for us to go out on the street. I am sure it is. Sit still. We are
not going to have anybody move. If there are any chiselers that want to go,
we are going to take up an offering for Father Terminiello.
