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The '''American First Committee''' was an [[isolationist]] organization that opposed [[United States]] involvement in [[World War II]].  Founded by [[R. Douglas Stuart, Jr.]] in September 1940, its supporters grew to number 800,000 including the [[Hearst newspapers]], Sen. [[Robert M. LaFollette, Jr.]], [[Socialist]] leader [[Norman Thomas]], and aviation hero [[Charles Lindbergh]].  The committee collapsed after [[Japan]] [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|attacked Pearl Harbor]].

The '''American First Committee''' was an [[isolationist]] organization that opposed [[United States]] involvement in [[World War II]].  Founded by [[R. Douglas Stuart, Jr.]] in September 1940, its supporters grew to number 800,000 including the [[Hearst newspapers]], Sen. [[Robert M. LaFollette, Jr.]], [[Socialist]] leader [[Norman Thomas]], and aviation hero [[Charles Lindbergh]].

 

:"The fighting [[interventionist]]s will now put on the greatest whitewash in history. The American people will be told to forget the [[Great purges|purges]], the [[OGPU]], the confiscation of property, the [[persecution]] of [[religion]], the [[World_War_II#Finnish_War|invasion of Finland]], the [[World_War_II#Polish_Partition|seizing of half of Poland]], and all of [[Western_betrayal#Baltic_States|Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania]]. These will be made to seem the acts of a [[democracy]] fighting Hitler."<ref>''[[New York Times]]'', June 23, 1941.  Quoted in ''While You Slept : Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It'', John T. Flynn,  New York : The Devin - Adair Company, 1951, [http://www.mises.org/books/whileyouslept.pdf pgs. 73, 83] pdf.</ref>

 

The committee collapsed after [[Japan]] [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|attacked Pearl Harbor]].

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