Butler was a former member of the Silver Shirts.
The Silver Shirt said, "you can always tell a Jew just by looking at him."
In an attempt to stifle them, the Conservative Party formed a coalition with the Silver Shirts.
However, this actually gave more power to the Silver Shirts.
By 1934, the Silver Shirts had about 15,000 members.
The Silver Shirts are also mentioned in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Mother Night.
The American Jewish Committees' archive on the Silver Shirts:
The Silver Shirts was an American fascist organization during the 1930s.
Silver Shirts were worn in the United States of America.
The security guard ignored the insult, and Silver Shirt's friends hustled him into a taxi.