[1]: 30 Rand was primarily an organizer, while Cameron, having been editor of Henry Ford's The Dearborn Independent, brought with him the clout and connection to powerful business and political leaders.
"[1]: 31 In September 1931, Cameron encouraged Rand to publish a special issue of the federation's newsletter to send to "the leading men of this country.
"[1]: 31 The two met with Rand's acquaintance Fred R. Marvin, a political operator who provided them a mailing list for the American Coalition of Patriotic Societies.
"The special issue came out in a printing of thirty thousand the following February, so that Rand’s British-Israel message could blanket the American right in the darkest days of the Depression.
[6]: 9 He was raised as a British Israelite, and his father introduced him to J. H. Allen's work Judah's Sceptre and Joseph's Birthright (1902) at an early age.
[1]: 45–60 The Anglo-Saxon Federation of America promoted Rand's view that Jews were not descended from Judah; this marked the first key transition from British Israelism to Christian Identity.
Beginning in May 1937, there were key meetings of British Israelites in the United States who were attracted to Rand's theory that the Jews were not descended from Judah.