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FORM C
TEXT OF INTERVIEW (UNEDITED)
STATE New York
NAME OF WORKER Herman Partnaw
ADDRESS
DATE
SUBJECT
557 West 144th Street
July 6, 1939
Fringe Folklore TEE WORLD GOTTA GO ON SPINNING
FOLKLORE
NEW YORK
That Hitler, he makes short and sweet. Kel wants to get some-
thing, he takes a short cut. You can't hate him for it, he likes a
short cut. Now he's got somethin else, another piece. Funny. He
goes on doing and we go on talking. It's like night and day. We
talk and he takes, then we recognize it and everybody shuts up their
mouths. Meanwhile, he got what he wanted and where are we?
I don't know, there's somethin behind it. England don't come
out in the open. You ask ma, that Chamberlain he wants the same sys-
tem of government like Hitler, only he don't know to get it because
he's such a big dope. He qin't gettin nowhere like Hitler is. I'll
tell you the truth, he's a smart man, that dog. The only thing, the
Jews. They're a scapegoat, an excuse only. He knows it. The truth
is he knows haw England is afraid of communism. It don't want to win
a mar on account of communism. Imagine, afraid to win. It's upsidedown
in this world.
The only thing, Franoe ain't afraid of communism. It's already
three quarters communism. And another thing we know, Roosevelt 100%
is an enemy to fascism. In his real heart he's a more better friend
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to Russia then Hitler. One way he's friendly, he don't discourage
like the others.
I'm tellin ya the whole bunch is a headache. You can't tell
about anything. We talk and talk and that Hitler he does and that's
all. A piece here, a piece there. My God, how many pieces is there
to the world? So he'll take out so many pieces, what's gonna be left?
I'll tell you what's left the world. The only thing, the world's
gotta go on spinning.