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{"value"=>"1159098", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1939-1941", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1939/1941"}
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{"value"=>"Subseries I. B. Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies was organized in New York in late September of 1939 under the auspices of the American Union for Concerted Peace Efforts. It was originally called the Non-Partisan Committee for Peace through Revision of the Neutrality Law. William Allen served as its chairman, and Eichelberger as its national director. The Committee recruited a membership of nationally prominent persons in civic, religious, business, and educational affairs. Its original aim was to mobilize public opinion for revision, and repeal of the neutrality law which hampered American support for the Allies in their fight with the Axis Powers. Ultimately, its objectives included the mobilization of America's industrial resources, the arming of America and the Allies, the preservation of the shipping lanes between America and Great Britain, aid to China, and an embargo on the export of war materials to Japan. For accomplishing its goals the Committee relied mainly on press publicity, radio broadcasts, and press conferences. It cooperated closely with LNA and the American Union for Concerted Peace Efforts.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The records of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies date from 1939 to 1941, and include correspondence, memoranda, reports, and press releases.</p> <p>The Subseries contains correspondence between Eichelberger and William Allen White during the period of the organization of the Committee; extensive correspondence of the Committee with William Allen White, who continued to be involved in the Committee's affairs after his retirement as its chairman; and a topical file of correspondence from Eichelberger and William W. Gibson with members, state and local branches and chapters, and prominent citizens.</p> <p>There is a separate file of records of the Committee's Washington Office, including correspondence of its director, Livingston Hartley, and associate director Roger S. Greene.</p> <p>There Subseries also contains a file of unsorted records which were withdrawn from the files for the purpose of researching Eichelberger's book <span class=\"title\">Organizing for Peace</span>.</p>"}
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1939
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1939
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1941
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1939
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1941