▁receive ▁constant ▁reports ▁about ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁Naz ism ▁through ▁his ▁friend , ▁Edward ▁Y . ▁Hart sh or ne , ▁who ▁was ▁trav elling ▁there . ▁Par s ons ▁began , ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁to ▁warn ▁the ▁American ▁public ▁about ▁the ▁Naz i ▁threat , ▁but ▁he ▁had ▁little ▁success , ▁as ▁a ▁poll ▁showed ▁that ▁ 9 1 ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁opposed ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War . ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁US ▁thought ▁also ▁that ▁the ▁country ▁should ▁have ▁stayed ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁Naz is ▁were , ▁regardless ▁of ▁what ▁they ▁did ▁in ▁Germany ▁or ▁even ▁Europe , ▁no ▁threat ▁to ▁the ▁US . ▁Many ▁Americans ▁even ▁sympath ized ▁with ▁Germany , ▁as ▁many ▁had ▁ancest ry ▁from ▁there , ▁and ▁the ▁latter ▁both ▁was ▁strongly ▁ant ic ommun ist ▁and ▁had ▁got ten ▁itself ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁De pression ▁while ▁the ▁US ▁was ▁still ▁suffering ▁from ▁it . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁articles ▁that ▁Par s ons ▁wrote ▁was ▁" New ▁Dark ▁Age ▁Se en ▁If ▁Naz is ▁Should ▁Win ". ▁Par s ons ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁key ▁initi ators ▁of ▁the ▁Harvard ▁Def ense ▁Committee , ▁aim ed ▁at ▁r ally ing ▁the ▁American ▁public ▁against ▁the ▁Naz is . ▁Par s ons ' ▁voice ▁would ▁sound ▁again ▁and ▁again ▁over ▁Boston ' s ▁local ▁radio ▁stations , ▁and ▁he ▁also ▁spoke ▁against ▁Naz ism ▁during ▁a ▁dram atic ▁meeting ▁at ▁Harvard