John B. Trevor Sr.

[5][6] He was involved in the eugenics movement, in the circle of Madison Grant, whose office was next door to his in New York City's Financial District.

[10][better source needed] The latter, whose work Trevor helped orchestrate, launched raids against suspected radicals, arresting 500 and deporting 246.

[18] Trevor and his coalition campaigned against admitting Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany in the 1930s into the United States.

[6] Immigration advocate Louis Adamic described Trevor as the top American promoter of fascism and "America's alien-bater No.

1", and wrote caustically of Trevor in 1936 that "if a man's love for his country is measurable by his detestation of all who had the bad taste to be born elsewhere, there probably is no greater patriot in America to-day.

"[19][20] Trevor unsuccessfully opposed a 1943 law to welcome some Chinese (who were World War II allies) into the United States.

His son John B. Trevor Jr. also was involved with the American Coalition of Patriotic Societies, was on the board of the Pioneer Fund, and was a trustee of the Trudeau Institute.