Summary

In Chapter 11, Alizée runs the first meeting of the Discredit Long Committee. Addressing the small group, she says, “Breckinridge Long controls all the visas … He’s an extreme nativist, staunch isolationist, doing everything he can to obstruct laws Congress has passed” (70). Gideon Kannel had recruited four other members of the ANL. The more Alizée had found out about Long, “the more disgusted she was … he was out-and-out lying about how many visas he was authorizing, especially for Jews” (70). Alizée instructs the committee to research Long and look for “bribes, kickbacks, lies, underhanded or criminal activity” (71). Gideon has connections at the State Department and the White House, which can hopefully be used to get Long fired. Alizée divides responsibilities among the committee members by phases of Long’s career. “Each would scour the libraries for material, talk to reporters, the...