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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 [http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/american-youth-congress.htm], Eleanor Roosevelt Historic Site, National Park Service. 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 work. [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 15:55, 3 July 2009 (EDT) | ||
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Joe Lash
So why would the Joe Lash material be inappropriate here? Rob Smith
- well Lash was never actualy a leader of the AYC. He headed the ASU (which did play a big role in the AYC). RJJensen 20:43, 2 July 2009 (EDT)
- I have several sources that he was a chairmen of the group; he was identified in his testimony before the Dies Committee I beleive. Rob Smith 13:19, 3 July 2009 (EDT)
- it's possible. what sources are you using? 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 RJJensen 15:42, 3 July 2009 (EDT)
- well Lash was never actualy a leader of the AYC. He headed the ASU (which did play a big role in the AYC). RJJensen 20:43, 2 July 2009 (EDT)