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==Dies investigation==

==Dies investigation==

By 1939 the movement claimed 4,697,915 members in 513 affiliated organizations nationwide.  The same year the [[HUAC|Dies Committee]] subpoenaed leaders of the AYC, consisting of a core from the [[Young Communist League]]. Eleanor Roosevelt was in attendance at the hearings and afterwards invited the subpoenaed witnesses to board at the White House during their stay in Washington D.C.  The First Lady went so far as to lobby the Committee to not brand the AYC as a Communist front organization. <ref>House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1940-41.</ref>

By 1939 the movement claimed 4,697,915 members in 513 affiliated organizations nationwide.  The same year the [[HUAC|Dies Committee]] subpoenaed leaders of the AYC, consisting of a core from the [[Young Communist League]]. Eleanor Roosevelt was in attendance at the hearings and afterwards invited the subpoenaed witnesses to board at the White House during their stay in Washington D.C.  The First Lady went so far as to lobby the Committee to not brand the AYC as a Communist front organization.<ref>House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1940-41.</ref>

[[Joseph P. Lash]], who later married [[Trude Lash]], described his defection in 1937 from the

[[Joseph P. Lash]], who later married [[Trude Lash]], described his defection in 1937 from the

do no conceivable possible harm to the Soviet Union, a neighbor which seeks only to live at peace as a democracy, and a liberal, forwardlooking  democracy at that.

do no conceivable possible harm to the Soviet Union, a neighbor which seeks only to live at peace as a democracy, and a liberal, forwardlooking  democracy at that.

...As Americans you have a legal and contitutional right to call yourselves Communists...and openly to advocate certain ideals of theoretical Communism; but as Americans you have not only a right but a sacred duty to confine your advocacy of changes in law to the methods prescribed by the Constitution of the United States - and you have no American right, by act or deed of any kind, to [[subversion (political)|subvert]] the Government and the Constitution of this Nation. <ref>''Roosevelt and Hopkins : An Intimate History'', Robert E. Sherwood, New York Harper and Brothers, 1948, [http://americandeception.com/index.php?action=downloadpdf&photo=/PDFsml_AD/Roosevelt_and_Hopkins-An_Intimate_History-Robert_E_Sherwood-1948-1034pgs-GOV-POL.sml.pdf&id=252&PHPSESSID=03d3557b41f249f71349e6d730cc8498 pgs. 156 - 157] pdf.</ref>}}

...As Americans you have a legal and contitutional right to call yourselves Communists...and openly to advocate certain ideals of theoretical Communism; but as Americans you have not only a right but a sacred duty to confine your advocacy of changes in law to the methods prescribed by the Constitution of the United States - and you have no American right, by act or deed of any kind, to [[subversion (political)|subvert]] the Government and the Constitution of this Nation.<ref>''Roosevelt and Hopkins : An Intimate History'', Robert E. Sherwood, New York Harper and Brothers, 1948, [http://americandeception.com/index.php?action=downloadpdf&photo=/PDFsml_AD/Roosevelt_and_Hopkins-An_Intimate_History-Robert_E_Sherwood-1948-1034pgs-GOV-POL.sml.pdf&id=252&PHPSESSID=03d3557b41f249f71349e6d730cc8498 pgs. 156 - 157] pdf.</ref>}}

It was one of the few occasions in his life when Roosevelt was booed and hissed to his face by an audience of Americans. Soon afterwards, many of the same youth picketed the White House as representatives of the [[American Peace Mobilization]]. Among them was [[Joseph Cadden]], one of the overnight guests.  

It was one of the few occasions in his life when Roosevelt was booed and hissed to his face by an audience of Americans. Soon afterwards, many of the same youth picketed the White House as representatives of the [[American Peace Mobilization]]. Among them was [[Joseph Cadden]], one of the overnight guests.  

*John T. Flynn, ''The Roosevelt Myth'', (New York: Devin-Adair, 1948)

*John T. Flynn, ''The Roosevelt Myth'', (New York: Devin-Adair, 1948)

==External link==

==External links==

*[http://newdeal.feri.org/er/er26.htm Eleanor Roosevelt, ''Why I Still Believe in the Youth Congress'']

*[http://newdeal.feri.org/er/er26.htm Eleanor Roosevelt, ''Why I Still Believe in the Youth Congress'']

*[http://newdeal.feri.org/students/lash.htm The Student Movement of the 1930s], Joseph P. Lash, Interview.

*[http://newdeal.feri.org/students/lash.htm The Student Movement of the 1930s], Joseph P. Lash, Interview.