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Sen. LaFollette remarked after the collapse of the [[Communazi pact]] when [[Hitler]] invaded the [[Soviet Union]] in 1941, | Sen. LaFollette remarked after the collapse of the [[Communazi pact]] when [[Hitler]] invaded the [[Soviet Union]] in 1941, | ||
| − | :"The fighting [[interventionist]]s will now put on the greatest whitewash in history. The American people will be told to forget the [[Great Purge|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 | + | :"The fighting [[interventionist]]s will now put on the greatest whitewash in history. The American people will be told to forget the [[Great Purge|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 pg. 55] pdf.</ref> |
The committee collapsed after [[Japan]] [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|attacked Pearl Harbor]]. | The committee collapsed after [[Japan]] [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|attacked Pearl Harbor]]. | ||
Revision as of 04:52, September 28, 2007
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.
Sen. LaFollette remarked after the collapse of the Communazi pact when Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in 1941,
- "The fighting interventionists will now put on the greatest whitewash in history. The American people will be told to forget the purges, the OGPU, the confiscation of property, the persecution of religion, the invasion of Finland, the seizing of half of Poland, and all of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. These will be made to seem the acts of a democracy fighting Hitler."[1]
The committee collapsed after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
References
- ↑ 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, pg. 55 pdf.
The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989