THE GERMAN-AMERICAN BUND IN NEW JERSEY 41 pronouncement that he proposed a law to deny naturalization to members of any organizations advocating dictatorship.'6 The 1933 cycle of sensational meetings, accompanied by rioting and attempts to circumscribe The Friends' activities, was repeated in 1938 in connection with the Bund. Gerhardt Wilhelm Kunze was loudly booed and drowned out at a March meeting in Trenton. In Elizabeth, on September 16, a scheduled Bund meeting was halted when thousands of anti-Bundists prevented anyone from entering the meeting hall. Shortly after, in Union City, a speech by Fritz Kuhn was cancelled on the advice of the police, as over one thousand anti-Bundist demonstrators rioted and threw bricks. An ACLU investigation of this last incident found that the police could have adequately protected Kuhn from the mob. The ACLU decided to offer its help to the Bund but was told it was not needed, since the disorders "don't seem to unduely (sic) excite neither leadership nor following of our movement."1 Perhaps the Bund's leaders thought the violence accompanying their activities would eventually work to their advantage. After all, the Nazi Party in Germany habitually fomented disorders and violence in order to attract attention and new support, and to intimidate its opponents. An incident in New Milford suggests that at that time the Bund did not consider violence detrimental. On SOctober 10, a Bund meeting was held at the home of Caroline Meade. Hundreds of opponents appeared, throwing stones, apples, flowerpots, and other available missiles. The sole personal injury was sustained by Miss Meade's husband, who either slipped or was thrown into a nearby pond. Caroline Meade, when questioned about the wild night at her home, claimed she found the disorder positively gratifying because it showed "just what is wrong with democracy." The riots would prove "the Jews are a menace and that you can't have a democracy with them around." The ACLU quickly concluded that the eighty police and firemen of New Milford protected the Meade premises only after property damage was inflicted. The ACLU charged the mayor and council of the town were evading their responsibilities when they requested that no more Bund meetings be held, in the interests of public safety.18 Nor did the situation at Nordland remain quiet. The Andover Township 16. Bergen Evcning Record, Nov. 19, 22, 29, Dec. 2, 29, 31, 1937; Congressional Record, 75th Cong., 2d Sess., Vol. 82, part 1, 290. 17. New York Times, Mar. 26, Oct. 3, 1938; R. Baldwin memo, ACLU, 2043; C. Nicolay to R. Baldwin, Oct. 8, 1938, ACLU, 2043; R. Baldwin to German-American Bund, Oct. 4, 1938, ACLU, 2043. --- - -- 18. Bergen Evening Record, Oct. 11, 1938 A llinger to F. McKee, Oct. 20, 1938,JACLU, 2043; Minutes of N.J. Civil Liberties Union Executive Board Meeting, Oct. T,-19, ACLU, 2039; NJCLU to ACLU, Nov. 1, 1938, ACLU, 2039. '. i