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In the mid-1930s he was on the editorial board of the ''[[New Masses]]''. He set up the journal ''[[Amerasia]]'' in 1937; its purpose being conceived as a vehicle for criticism of Japanese attacks in China<ref>Rudolf V. A. Janssens, ''"What Future for Japan?": U.S. Wartime Planning for the Postwar Era, 1942-1945'', p. 78.</ref> He was later attacked, in the Cold War period, as a [[communist]].

In the mid-1930s he was on the editorial board of the ''[[New Masses]]''. He set up the journal ''[[Amerasia]]'' in 1937; its purpose being conceived as a vehicle for criticism of Japanese attacks in China<ref>Rudolf V. A. Janssens, ''"What Future for Japan?": U.S. Wartime Planning for the Postwar Era, 1942-1945'', p. 78.</ref> He was later attacked, in the Cold War period, as a [[communist]].

In 1940 Field became executive secretary of [[American Peace Mobilization]], a position for which he had been recruited by [[Earl Browder|Browder]] himself. “Some time before the APM was formally organized,” wrote Field, “Earl Browder asked me if I would accept the executive secretaryship if it were offered me.”<ref>Frederick Vanderbilt Field, ''Op. cit.''</ref> At APM, Field emerged as a committed pacifist, demanding that the United States stay out of the war in Europe -– at least while the [[Hitler-Stalin pact]] lasted.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,790078,00.html “Picketers Picketed,” ''Time'', June 2, 1941]</ref> But on June 20, 1941, Field suddenly called off the organization's “peace picketing” of the White House,<ref>“White House Pickets Stop At 1,029 Hours,” ''Washington Post'', June 22, 1941</ref> reversing himself to demand immediate U.S. war on Germany.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849366,00.html "Purely for Peace," ''Time'', July 14, 1941]</ref> The following day, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The APM dropped the word "peace from its name, officially changing its name to "American Peoples' Mobilization."

In 1940 Field became executive secretary of [[American Peace Mobilization]], a position for which he had been recruited by [[Earl Browder|Browder]] himself. “Some time before the APM was formally organized,” wrote Field, “Earl Browder asked me if I would accept the executive secretaryship if it were offered me.”<ref>Frederick Vanderbilt Field, ''Op. cit.''</ref> At APM, Field emerged as a committed pacifist, demanding that the United States stay out of the war in Europe -– at least while the [[Hitler-Stalin pact]] lasted.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,790078,00.html “Picketers Picketed,” ''Time'', June 2, 1941]</ref> But on June 20, 1941, Field suddenly called off the organization's “peace picketing” of the White House,<ref>“White House Pickets Stop At 1,029 Hours,” ''Washington Post'', June 22, 1941</ref> reversing himself to demand immediate U.S. war on Germany.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849366,00.html "Purely for Peace," ''Time'', July 14, 1941]</ref> The following day, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The APM dropped the word "peace" from its name, officially changing its name to "American Peoples' Mobilization."

==Lauchlin Currie and infiltration of military intelligence==

==Lauchlin Currie and infiltration of military intelligence==