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::it's possible. what sources are you using? [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 14:17, 3 July 2009 (EDT)
::it's possible. what sources are you using? [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 14:17, 3 July 2009 (EDT)
:::I looked at old issues of the NY Times for 1940-41. Lash was in the 4-person cabinet of the AYC but was not chairman. He led the minority anti-communist position, which called for Lend Lease aid to britain (which the Communists strongly opposed as long as Hitler and Stalin were allied). for example: headline: "AID BILL ATTACKED BY YOUTH CONGRESS; Brief for Senate Read at First Session, Says It 'Drags' Nation Into War and Dictatorship ALL SPEAKERS ASSAIL IT J.P. Lash Protests Procedure at Capital and Defends Legislation as Saving Democracy" New York Times Feb 8, 1941. p. 6 [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 15:42, 3 July 2009 (EDT)
:::I looked at old issues of the NY Times for 1940-41. Lash was in the 4-person cabinet of the AYC but was not chairman. He led the minority anti-communist position, which called for Lend Lease aid to britain (which the Communists strongly opposed as long as Hitler and Stalin were allied). for example: headline: "AID BILL ATTACKED BY YOUTH CONGRESS; Brief for Senate Read at First Session, Says It 'Drags' Nation Into War and Dictatorship ALL SPEAKERS ASSAIL IT J.P. Lash Protests Procedure at Capital and Defends Legislation as Saving Democracy" New York Times Feb 8, 1941. p. 6 [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 15:42, 3 July 2009 (EDT)
::::Here's one: Eleanor Roosevelt Historic Site, National Park Service. "''ER's sympathies naturally lay with the brash young students who composed the AYC's leadership, such as Joseph Lash..."'' [http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/american-youth-congress.htm] And of course Wikipedia's entry (incidentally, while I did edit this page several years ago, listing Joe Lash as chairmen of the AYC was my not work). [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 15:55, 3 July 2009 (EDT)
::::Here's one: Eleanor Roosevelt Historic Site, National Park Service. "''ER's sympathies naturally lay with the brash young students who composed the AYC's leadership, such as Joseph Lash..."'' [http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/american-youth-congress.htm] And of course Wikipedia's entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_front#Alleged_CPUSA_front_organizations.2C_circa_1944] (incidentally, while I did edit this page several years ago, listing Joe Lash as chairmen of the AYC was not my work). [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 15:55, 3 July 2009 (EDT)