The Book and the Author
John L. Spivak comes
closer to the
popular conception
of the ace journalist than any other living writer.
Com
bining the instinct of a detective with the resourceful
ness of a reporter,
style,
and gifted with a
he has time and again
"gotten
the
story"
"scooped
the
world,"
despite powerful opposition
personal danger that
hardy
hard-hitting, breezy
and
might well have daunted less
souls.
But there
an important difference that sets Spivak
apart from most other gentlemen of the press. For sev
eral years he has devoted his bright and sharp pen solely
to
is
uncovering evidence of fascist activities in the United
evidence that is credited with having set off
States
several official
investigations exposing un-American,
foreign-dominated propaganda.
SECRET ARMIES climaxes Spivak
sational inside story of Hitler
poison campaign
credible,
were
original letters
it
s
s
exposures. His sen
far-flung,
in the Americas
under-cover
would seem
scarcely
not so thoroughly documented with
and
records, citing chapter
and
verse,
naming names, dates and places. His unanswerable,
uncontradicted facts should go far toward jolting many
of us out of our false sense of security.