John B. Trevor Sr.

John Bond Trevor Sr. (1878–1956) was an American lawyer described as "one of the most influential unelected officials affiliated with the U.S. Congress." Tucker, William H (2002). "The Funding of Scientific Racism: Wickliffe Draper and the Pioneer Fund." University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0252027620] He was very active in the immigration debate Nelkin D, Michaels M. Biological categories and border controls: the revival of eugenics in anti-immigration rhetoric. "International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy", Volume 18, Number 56, 1998, pp. 35-63(29)] as "the most influential lobbyist for restriction." Margo Conk. The Census, Political Power, and Social Change: The Significance of Population Growth in American History. "Social Science History", Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter, 1984), pp. 81-106] He was especially influential in shaping the Immigration Act of 1924. Trevor, John B. [http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/outsidelink.html/http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:921230 An Analysis of the American Immigration Act of 1924.] ]

Trevor received his law degree from Harvard and was a prominent New York socialite. Staff report (February 21, 1956). John Trevor dies; Urged Alien Law; Lawyer Helped Set Up the quota System, Assisted in Congressional Inquiries Got Legion of Honor. "New York Times"] Trevor belonged to the circle of Madison Grant. John Higham. American Immigration Policy in Historical Perspective. "Law and Contemporary Problems", Vol. 21, No. 2, Immigration (Spring, 1956), pp. 213-235] According to the "New York Times", Trevor was a founder of the American Coalition of Patriotic Societies, adviser to Billy James Hargis' Christian Crusade and author of an article on South Africa that appeared in "The Citizen", the publication of the White Citizens' Councils. Lichtenstein, Grace (December 11, 1977). Fund Backs Controversial Study of "Racial Betterment." "New York Times"]

Following World War I, Trevor worked in military intelligence. According to historian William H. Tucker, "Trevor developed a plan to suppress a mass uprising of Jewish subversives in New York City, going so far as to order 6,000 rifles and a machine gun battalion for deployment in Jewish neighborhoods in anticipation of a disturbance that never took place." Trevor worked with William Kullgren, who distributed Nazi literature and sought to "awaken America to the diabolical Jew control" J. R. Carlson, "Under Cover" (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1943), 147-149, 196] Trevor was also one of the U.S. sponsors of "Communism in Germany" "Communism in Germany"(Berlin: Eckart Verlag, 1933)] a book published in the Reich to celebrate the victory of Nazism over "Jewish Marxist-Bolshevism" M. Sayers and A. E. Kahn, "The Great Conspiracy" (Boston: Little, Brown), 351-352.] Prior to World War II, Trevor, as head of the American Coalition, collaborated on a number of projects designed to distribute Nazi propaganda. In 1942, according to investigative journalist Adam Miller, the coalition "was named in a U.S. Justice Department sedition indictment for pro-Nazi activities." Adam Miller is quoted in M. A. Lee, "The Beast Reawakens" (Boston: Little, Brown, 1997), 365] J. W. Bendersky, "The "Jewish Threat" (New York: Basic Books, 2000)]

Trevor and Pennsylvania senator David A. Reed proposed assigning restrictive immigration quotas. He married Caroline Wilmerding in 1908 Staff report (June 26, 1908). J.B. TREVOR WEDS MISS WILMERDING; Countess of Strafford's Daughter and Miss Drayton the Bridesmaids. R.W. GOELET BEST MAN Willard Duncan Howe of Pittston, Penn., Leads Miss Pauline Howard of This City to the Altar. "New York Times"] and had two sons. His son John B. Trevor Jr. was a prominent figure in the Pioneer Fund.

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