This interview is significant for me because I had always held G. Edward Griffin in very high esteem, but then heard Eustace Mullins accuse G. Edward of plagiarizing his book on the ‘Federal’ Reserve Bank. The audio of that is linked below, and is said to be the last interview before he died. Eustace’s brother said Eustace experienced dementia, and had experienced a series of strokes, while a friend said his mind checked out to be sound. Perhaps it wasn’t.
I’m somewhat satisfied with G. Edward’s explanation here, saying that Eustace pointed him in the right directions, where he then dug further. That makes complete sense. I often do the same. And he says he spent seven years on the project.
It does seem to me that since Eustace’s book was such a great influence, G. Edward could have given Eustace credit by name in his forward, instead of just thanking people in general. I do list below where G. Edward did cite Eustace Mullins.
It’s kind of sad that this couldn’t have been resolved before Eustace died, but I’m very glad to finally be able to hear G. Edward’s side in this video.
If you have further insight or corrections, feel free to comment.
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My Notes – transcriptions by Jeff Fenske
0:00: how laetrile fights cancer
31:20 “My journey” and red-pill awakening
33:00 How much did Eustace Mullins influence Griffin’s famous book, The Creature from Jekyll Island? G. Edward Griffin say in this video:
“Eustace Mullins was a very important part of my research. I gave him credit where I could in my book. He did some very significant, original research. Of course, there were many others. Eustace Mullins’ book was the most well read of all of them, but there were several others who were also pioneers. … I only spent seven years on that project. … As I said in the introduction to my book: A person who steals the works of another is a ‘plagiarist,’ but one who steals the works from many is called a ‘researcher.'”
“The main value of his book — and I think I gave him credit for that — he showed me where to go. He would give a little quotation out of a reference. I thought: ‘I want to see the rest of that quotation…, so I would go out and find the original book. As I recall, I did that a lot as a result of the references that Eustace Mullins had. He had done a lot of research, but I wanted to read the original stuff.”
What did G. Edward actually say about Eustace in his book? I found Eustace Mullins’ name mentioned seven times by doing a word search in the full text of The Creature from Jekyll Island online. [If I missed any, please let me know. I checked other online full texts too.]
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A writer who steals the work of another is called a plagiarist.
One who takes from the works of many is called a researcher. That
is a roundabout way of saying I am deeply indebted to the efforts of
so many who have previously grappled this topic. It is impossible
to acknowledge them except in footnote and bibliography. Without
the cumulative product of their efforts, it would have taken a
lifetime to pull together the material you are about to read.
Page 413:
Some writers have suggested that the clandestine relationship
began almost from the beginning. Eustace Mullins, for example,
writes….
Page 414:
Mullins does not give a reference for the source of this story, and
one cannot help being skeptical that such details could be proved.
Nevertheless, a secret arrangement of this kind is not as absurd as it
may sound.
1. Eustace Mullins, Secrets of the Federal Reserve (Virginia: Bankers Research
Institute, 1983), p. 49.
Page 443:
1- Mullins, p. 16.
Page 463:
1. Quoted by Mullins, p. 13.
Griffin also includes Eustace’s book in his bibliography:
Mullins, Eustace. Secrets of the Federal Reserve. Staunton, Virginia, Bankers Research
Institute, 1983.
Mentioned in the INDEX:
Mullins, Eustace: 413
In Eustace Mullins’ last interview before he died, he criticized both G. Edward Griffin and Ron Paul, saying this about G. Edward in this video Eustace Mullins’ on FED, Ron Paul, Rockefeller & G. Edward Griffin:
“my book had already been in print for 50 years and I [inaudible] millions of readers… So, uh, Griffin scored a coup d’etat by taking my book and presenting it as his own and he has been, he has already built an empire [inaudible]”
In this video, Part 2 of 2 Dallas LOOSE CHANGE @Theatre –Historical Record, Eustace is at a “Loose Change – Final Cut” event, and his caretaker says they’re going to do a Ron Paul event at Fort Worth, described in this comment:
In the video, you can hear the caretaker of Eustace Mullins talk about speaking at Ron Paul events. This is the summer of 2008. Eustace died at the beginning of 2010, age 86. His health was rough and you can see it in the video. I think his mental state wore out, and thus his odd attitudes towards the end.
Another commented:
Evidently, his mental state kind of got shaky in the final years and there was contention about aspects of his estate (book rights) between he and the caretaker.
Conflicting info here (source):
According to Blanchard [longtime friend and webmaster, Wayne Blanchard], when Mullins had a series of ministrokes three years ago, “his brother had him put in a nursing home, and tried to have him declared incompetent. I got him out.” … “Eustace gave power of attorney to his brother Bob under duress,” Blanchard explained. His brother Bob put him into a nursing home, saying Eustace suffered from the initial stages of dementia. Later tests at the University of Virginia determined Eustace competent, Blanchard said.
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