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. | © Upon release from the service in October, 1954, his first unsuccessful venture was the founding of a magazine for servicemen's wives called "U. S. Lady.'' Because of what he called a conspiracy on the part of his co-workers, he was forced to sell his interest in the magazine. It was actually his intent to use the magazine as a political organ which led to an unsympathetic reaction on the part of his co-workers. After sporadic employment, Rockwell began a serious effort to force his way into the conservative right wing. But, he writes, he found the conservatives to be the "world's champion ostriches, muttering to each other down under the sand in 'secret,' while their plumed bottoms wave in the breezes for the Jews to kick at their leisure." Broke and rejected as a leader by his right-wing contacts, he was forced again to seek employment. From 1955 to 1958, Rockwell worked for various right-wing | individuals. Robert Snowden, organizer of the Americans for Constitutional Action, employed Rockwell as an organizet in 1955. Convinced of Rockwell's fanaticism and disgusted with his insubordination, Snowden fired him in September, 1956. In 1956, Rockwell did editorial work for Russell Maguire, former publisher of the “American Mercury" magazine. During this period, Rockwell met DeWest Hooker, a wealthy American with unrestrained pro-Nazi leanings who had drawn together potential juvenile delinquents and formed -7- ce ee