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'''Constantine Leon de Aryan''' born '''Constantino Leon Leganopol'''<ref>''The Fluoride Wars'', by R. Allan Freeze and Jay H. Lehr, page 62</ref>(1886 - December 13, 1965) was a political candidate in San Diego, California and publisher of the anti-semitic and controversial paper, ''[[The Broom]]''. He was indicted for [[sedition]] on July 21, 1942 and January 4, 1943, but never stood trial. De Aryan also had a weekly radio broadcast show on the local San Diego station KGB.<ref>''[[The Beacon Light]]'', November 1941, Vol. 9, No. 11, page 3</ref>

==Early life==
De Aryan was born in [[Romania]] to parents of [[Greek]] and [[Polish]] descent. As a child he attended school in [[Austria]] and stayed there until he was 19.<ref>''Honore Jaxon: Prairie Visionary'', by Donald B. Smith, page 277</ref> He was trained as an engineer and worked on British projects in [[Egypt]] and [[India]]. He arrived in Boston in 1912. He joined the US Army and received a dishonorable discharge in 1914. He later moved to [[Mexico]] returning after the end of World War I.

In 1926 he was living in Los Angeles where he became an American citizen and changed his last name to de Aryan vowing to become a champion of the [[Aryan Race]]. In San Deigo he worked for the Public Works Department.

He started his paper ''The Broom'' in October 1930.

In 1939 he filed a lawsuit over what he believed was a one cent overcharge in taxes. The case was appealed to the [[US Supreme Court]] where they decided not to overrule the decision of a  California lower court.<ref>[http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/court_refuses_one_cent_suit Court refuses one-cent suit]</ref>

De Aryan professed to be a believer in the religion [[Zoroastrianism]] although his paper embraced [[Christianity]]. 

He was a candidate for mayor of San Diego, California in 1932.<ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/1940-1949.html PoliticalGraveyard.com Politicians in Trouble: 1940 to 1949]</ref> In the early 1950s he opposed the [[fluoridation]] of the city's water supply.<ref>[http://www.sandiegoyesterday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Fluoridation.pdf “Fluoridating the Water Supply”]</ref>

He had a son, Fred de Aryan who once described his father as a "rugged individualist."<ref>[https://archvillain.substack.com/p/hail-and-farewell?s=r American Archvillian Hail and Farewell]</ref>

==External link==
* [http://www.sandiegoyesterday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DeAryan.pdf "The San Diego Crack Pot"]

==See also==
* [[Great Sedition Trial of 1944]]

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