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The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion -- Book - A Gentle Cynic

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BOOK ONE — INTRODUCTION<br />

compelled <strong>the</strong> government to abandon what some considered <strong>the</strong> gross misuse <strong>of</strong> taxpayer’s<br />

money, although Smith, in a letter to <strong>the</strong> people <strong>of</strong> Eureka Springs, blamed it on “<strong>the</strong> lethal<br />

enemies <strong>of</strong> Jesus Christ.” Later, in a news conference, Smith went on fur<strong>the</strong>r to blame <strong>the</strong><br />

cancellation on a “conspiracy <strong>of</strong> organized Jews.” Smith was even more infuriated when he<br />

learned that Jewish groups were protesting his idea to stage a Passion Play loaded with anti-<br />

Semitic hatred. Protesting Jewish groups were not only upset at <strong>the</strong> plan to stage <strong>the</strong> play, but<br />

also at <strong>the</strong> Humble Oil and Refining Company, whose vacation guide book listed Smiths<br />

location(s) as among <strong>the</strong> “recommended” outdoor attractions for vacationers.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Anti-Defamation League complained, as <strong>the</strong>y do, to Humble Oil Company, which<br />

responded that Humble Oil was unaware that Smith’s record as an anti-Semite, but <strong>the</strong>n it is said<br />

that Humble Oil added that <strong>the</strong> company didn’t much care if he was. <strong>The</strong> Anti-Defamation<br />

League decided to consider this a thoughtless response, and told <strong>the</strong> general public <strong>of</strong> that<br />

<strong>the</strong>ory. This caused many Jewish, and some ignorant non-Jewish customers to avoid that<br />

company. Supposedly, Humble Oil Company “got <strong>the</strong> point and issued an elaborate apology.”<br />

This apology is not available presently for <strong>The</strong> Reader’s review.<br />

Smith is alleged by his Jewish detractors to have gone to his grave convinced that some<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se episodes in which his personal views were obstructed or frustrated were pro<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

insidious, all-pervasive power <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> American Jewry, and it sharpened Smith’s anti-Semitism in<br />

his last years, which seemed to be perfectly all right with his followers.<br />

Even after his death <strong>the</strong>se followers continued to believe, as <strong>of</strong> 1982 — <strong>the</strong> publication<br />

date <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Source for much <strong>of</strong> this information, in <strong>the</strong> “myth” <strong>of</strong> a Jewish conspiracy, and<br />

however much such convictions might sound lunatic to o<strong>the</strong>rs, <strong>the</strong> fact is that Jewish authors<br />

estimate <strong>the</strong> Christian Nationalist Crusade was getting about $300,000.00 per year in donations<br />

(in 1970’s dollar-values). <strong>The</strong> dollar-amount has no confirming data attached to it in Jewish<br />

publications, and it may be even higher, since <strong>The</strong> Adversary would probably not go so far as to<br />

make us feel that much better about a predecessors’ financial condition we might attempt to<br />

emulate. Smith’s attitude toward <strong>the</strong> Jews was suggested by his Jewish detractors as being a<br />

conviction which it could be <strong>the</strong> hallmark, or measuring stick, <strong>of</strong> all similar “extreme right-wing<br />

groups.”<br />

THE PROTOCOLS OF THE LEARNED ELDERS OF ZION Page -76

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