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Willis Carto and the Problems

By Bradley R. Smith ∙ August 1, 1995

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Again, as repeatedly stated in previous issues of SR, we know that we should let sleeping dogs lie and not open up old wounds. If I had a chance, I wouldn't publish the following article. But we are in the business of posting the contents of all issues of Smith's Report for historical and archival reasons—all of its contents. So we won't hide this opinion piece either. –Webmaster, Sept. 21, 2015

Michele Vadon, attorney representing the city of Costa Mesa and its police department, is quoted in the Los Angeles Times, June 16, 1995:

“…[Carto] seems to think the best defense is a strong offense: file a civil rights suit, challenge the warrant [to search his house], sue everyone and maybe they’ll go away. … But we’re not going to go away. There is no doubt. The documents are very clear. … Carto took the money.”

Egad!

I receive requests for more substantial background on the Carto/IHR affair than I can report on here. If you want additional background, particularly from IHR’s perspective, write them at PO Box 2739, Newport Beach CA 92659, or ring their offices at 714.631.1490.

  • Bradley R. Smith

    Bradley R. Smith was born in Los Angeles on February 18, 1930. At 18 he joined the army and in 1951 served with the infantry in Korea where he was twice wounded. After three decades of a variety of professional activities, it suddenly hit him: In 1979 he read a leaflet by Professor Robert Faurisson, "The Problem of the Gas Chambers." Then, Arthur Butz’s The Hoax of the Twentieth Century did it for him. He understood from the beginning that he would address the censorship, the suppression of independent thought, the taboo against publishing and debating revisionist arguments—not the arguments themselves. That has remained his position. In 1989, Smith founded Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust (CODOH) dedicated to defending free speech and free inquiry into the Holocaust question. He handed over CODOH's helm in late 2014. He passed away on his 86th birthday, February 18, 2016. Read a series of obituaries here.

Bibliographic information about this document: Smith's Report, no. 25, August 1995, pp. 6f.
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