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In 1937, the Nazi Party's World Service sent Hitler a memo informing him that Pelly had risen to become one of the quote, national men of American politics. It was noted that his movement might even be a better way to gain US support for Nazi policies than the Bund. He said he had 50,000 followers within a few months of starting the silver shirts. This is almost certainly an exaggeration, but it's likely the organization had about 15,000 members at any point in time during its height.