“The International Jew” Study Hour presents:  Hadding Scott and Carolyn Yeager read and comment on Chapter 53, “How Jews Ruled and Ruined Tammany Hall.”

What became Tammany Hall began in 1786 as a political discussion society, eventually becoming the Democratic Party political machine of New York City and State. It was synonymous with boss rule and corruption, inspiring bristling headlines and political cartoons such as the one pictured here in which Boss Tweed says, “As long as I count the Votes, what are you going to do about it? say?”  Some highlights:

• Originally in the hands of the Irish, it was taken over by the Jews;
• When that happened, Tammany became more of a front for the more powerful New York Kehillah;
• First Jewish member of Tammany was August Belmont, U.S. representative of the Rothschild interests, who eventually became the Grand Sachem (head man);
• Jews, as always, were strong in both Democrat and Republican parties, and selected candidates they could discredit if he failed to carry out the desired objectives;
• The great 1884 influx of Jewish immigrants into New York was the beginning of the degeneration of Tammany Hall;
• Crime increased, neighborhoods were destroyed, and depravity even to the depths of white slavery was taking place.

Note: We are using the Noontide Press publication of The International Jew — The World’s Foremost Problem which can be found online here as a pdf file.