James Benjamin True Jr. (July 1, 1880 – September 26, 1946) was an American far-right activist and conspiracy theorist, notable for his antisemitism and sympathies for Nazi Germany.
[2] He worked for the New Orleans Item as a writer and reporter until, exhausted from overwork, he moved with his wife and three children to Long Beach, Mississippi, in 1911.
In October 1933, General Hugh S. Johnson, head of the National Recovery Administration (NRA), one of the earliest and most critical programs of the New Deal, notified True that he was no longer welcome at his press conferences.
[9] In February 1938, True offered to supply weapons to a fascist uprising plotted by George E. Deatherage, that was scheduled to take place after the 1940 elections.
In a letter to conspirator Henry Allen, True wrote, "If your friends want some peashooters [rifles], I have connections now for any quantity at the right price."
"[11] In November 1938, the Dies Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives identified True as a distributor of antisemitic propaganda in the United States.
[20] Judge Edward C. Eicher severed True from rest of defendants,[21] but the prosecution continued to present testimony that made him out to be part of the conspiracy.
[23] As the government argued for a new trial over defense objections, True died[24] and was buried in an unmarked grave in Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, DC, on September 28, 1946.