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When the Soviet Union joined [[Nazi]] Germany in the [[Hitler-Stalin pact]] for the joint invasion of Poland, partitioning Eastern Europe between them, Dreiser was among the "prominent Americans" named by the Communists "who would write effective brochures explaining and defending the [[Hitler-Stalin pact|peace policy]] of the Soviet Union and answering the arguments of the enemy." In 1940, he gave a speech (later reprinted as a pamphlet), "U.S. Must Not Be Bled for Imperial Britain," broadcast on [[CBS]] on behalf of the [[Communist front]] [[American Peace Mobilization]].<ref>Donald Pizer, [http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/dreiser/bibliography.pdf Theodore Dreiser, a primary bibliography and reference guide], p. 55 (Schoenberg Center, University of Pennsylvania). Cf. "[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/216861112.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Nov+10%2C+1940&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post++(1877-1954)&edition=&startpage=18&desc=Dreiser+Views+Aid+to+Britain+As+Another+American+Tragedy Dreiser Views Aid to Britain As Another American Tragedy Novelist Believes That 'Americans Are Suckers']," ''The Washington Post'', November 10, 1940, p. 18; W.H. Schippen, Jr., "Dreiser Says England Seeks to Drag U.S. in European War," ''Washington Evening Star'', November 10, 1940, p. A3</ref> In early 1941, he wrote a book arguing that the [[U.S.]] should not aid England in its war against [[Hitler]].<ref>Theodore Dreiser, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=VArTAAAAMAAJ America Is Worth Saving]'' (New York: Modern Age Books, 1941)</ref>

When the Soviet Union joined [[Nazi]] Germany in the [[Hitler-Stalin pact]] for the joint invasion of Poland, partitioning Eastern Europe between them, Dreiser was among the "prominent Americans" named by the Communists "who would write effective brochures explaining and defending the [[Hitler-Stalin pact|peace policy]] of the Soviet Union and answering the arguments of the enemy." In 1940, he gave a speech (later reprinted as a pamphlet), "U.S. Must Not Be Bled for Imperial Britain," broadcast on [[CBS]] on behalf of the [[Communist front]] [[American Peace Mobilization]].<ref>Donald Pizer, [http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/dreiser/bibliography.pdf Theodore Dreiser, a primary bibliography and reference guide], p. 55 (Schoenberg Center, University of Pennsylvania). Cf. "[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/216861112.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Nov+10%2C+1940&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post++(1877-1954)&edition=&startpage=18&desc=Dreiser+Views+Aid+to+Britain+As+Another+American+Tragedy Dreiser Views Aid to Britain As Another American Tragedy Novelist Believes That 'Americans Are Suckers']," ''The Washington Post'', November 10, 1940, p. 18; W.H. Schippen, Jr., "Dreiser Says England Seeks to Drag U.S. in European War," ''Washington Evening Star'', November 10, 1940, p. A3</ref> In early 1941, he wrote a book arguing that the [[U.S.]] should not aid England in its war against [[Hitler]].<ref>Theodore Dreiser, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=VArTAAAAMAAJ America Is Worth Saving]'' (New York: Modern Age Books, 1941)</ref>

Dreiser was also a virulent [[anti-Semite]] and admirer of [[Hitler]].<ref>Robert H. Elias, ed., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=TKtEAAAAYAAJ Letters of Theodore Dreiser: A Selection, vol. 2]'' (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1959), pp. 405, 650–52; Richard Tuerk, “The American Spectator Symposium Controversy: Was Dreiser Anti-Semitic?” ''Prospects 16'' (1991), pp. 367–89; Louis Harap, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=mAPvam-n_DYC Creative Awakening: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Literature, 1900-1940s],'' (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1987) ISBN 0313253862, pp. 128-132. Cf. Alan M. Dershowitz, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=3jjNW-_TnusC Chutzpah]'' (Simon and Schuster, 1992) ISBN 0671760890, p. 113</ref>

Dreiser was also a virulent [[anti-Semite]] and admirer of [[Hitler]].<ref>Robert H. Elias, ed., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=TKtEAAAAYAAJ Letters of Theodore Dreiser: A Selection, vol. 2]'' (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1959), pp. 405, 650–52; Richard Tuerk, “The American Spectator Symposium Controversy: Was Dreiser Anti-Semitic?” ''Prospects 16'' (1991), pp. 367–89; Louis Harap, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=mAPvam-n_DYC Creative Awakening: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Literature, 1900-1940s],'' (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1987) ISBN 0313253862, pp. 128-132.</ref> New York, he wrote, is a "kike's dream of a ghetto"; Jews are not "pure Americans" and "lack integrity."</ref>Alan M. Dershowitz, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=3jjNW-_TnusC Chutzpah]'' (Simon and Schuster, 1992) ISBN 0671760890, p. 113</ref>

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