Historic Camden, NJ

Tag: Raymond J. Healey

  • Raymond J. Healey

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    Raymond J. Healey had a colorful, albeit short-lived, career as a right-wing demagogue during the early 1930s. He gained notoriety for his involvement with extremist organizations such as the Khaki Shirts of America and the Nationalist Socialist Workers’ Party. The Khaki Shirts of America, led by Arthur J. Smith, claimed to have a staggering 6,000,000…

  • Orator Hits N.R.A., Gets Sock; Khaki Shirt Speaker Jailed

    Orator Hits N.R.A., Gets Sock; Khaki Shirt Speaker Jailed

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    Camden Courier-Post – August 8, 1933 First Victim Carried Away After Punch, Second Is Arrested for Carrying Riding Crop Loaded With Lead Attacks on President Roosevelt’s N.R.A. program by two open-air orators at the court house plaza ended yesterday when one, a “Khaki Shirt,” was arrested on a charge of inciting to riot and the…