hiː wʌz kwˈoʊɾᵻd ɪn ɐ stˈeɪtmənt ˈɪʃuːd baɪ ðɪ ˈɑːfɪs ʌv nˈuː jˈɔːɹk ɐtˈɜːni dʒˈɛnɚɹəl, ðˈæt "ðə pɹˈɪnsɪpəlz ʌv hˈeɪt, ɪntˈɑːlɚɹəns, bˈɪɡətɹi ænd vˈaɪələns mˈʌst biː stˈæmpt ˈaʊt" æz hiː tɹænsmˈɪɾᵻd tə ðə fˈɛdɚɹəl bjˈʊɹɹoʊ ʌv ɪnvˌɛstɪɡˈeɪʃən wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈeɪmz ʌv mˈɛmbɚz ʌvðə kˈuː klˈʌks klˈæn ænd ðə hˈɪtlɚɹᵻsˈɜːdʒənt dʒˈɜːmənɐmˈɛɹɪkən bˈʌnd.
He was quoted in a statement issued by the office of New York Attorney General, that "the principles of hate, intolerance, bigotry and violence must be stamped out" as he transmitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation 1100 names of members of the Ku Klux Klan and the Hitler-resurgent German-American Bund.