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bernard-english

1-15-2008 9:22 AM

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<FONT size="2" face="Arial,Geneva,sans-serif">by </FONT><A href="http://www.fff.org/aboutUs/bios/sxr.asp"><FONT size="2" face="Arial,Geneva,sans-serif" color="#003399">Sheldon Richman</FONT></A><FONT size="2" face="Arial,Geneva,sans-serif" color="#003399">, April 1995</FONT><P></p> <P><FONT face="Times,Times New Roman">
One of the most remarkable episodes in American history was the spontaneous and widespread opposition to Franklin Roosevelt's obvious attempts to embroil the United States in the European war that broke out in 1939. That opposition was centered in the America First Committee. In modern accounts of the war period, the committee is either ignored or maligned as a pro-fascist, anti-Semitic organization. It was nothing of the kind.
</FONT></p> <P><FONT face="Times,Times New Roman">The America First Committee had its origins at Yale University Law School in 1940, where R. Douglas Stuart Jr. and other students began circulating a petition with the intention of establishing a national organization of college students opposed to intervention in the European war.</FONT></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/96392F47-CC5C-4936-84F2-07A3B5A51B93/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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