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In response to the spread of organized anti-Semitism in the United States during the 1930s, leaders of Los Angeles' Jewish community formed a special defense organization known as the Los Angeles Jewish Community Committee. The committee later changed its name to the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee. The collection documents the committee's efforts to combat prejudice and educate the public through cooperation with both Jewish and non-Jewish groups, from its formation in 1933 through the early 1990s. This handbill was created to advertise the weekly meetings of the Friends of Progress, a group with fascist leanings whose members nonetheless proudly touted their belief in free speech and truth. Speakers at these gatherings, held at the Embassy Auditorium, included "Friends" members Robert Noble and Ellis O. Jones (who would one day find themselves among the defendants in the Great Sedition Trial of 1944, also known as United States v. McWilliams). The handbill states: "Don't believe rumors about our Patriotism -- newspapers have painted grotesque stories -- Which are NOT true!" 9 x 6 in.
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