America First Committee
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The America First Committee was an American isolationist pressure group against the United States' entry into World War II. Launched in September 1940, it surpassed 800,000 members in 450 chapters at
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Flyer for an America First Committee rally in St. Louis, Missouri in early April 1941
A Dr. Seuss editorial cartoon from early October 1941 criticizing America First
Charles Lindbergh speaking at an America First Committee rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in early October 1941
Robert D. Stuart Jr.
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Robert Douglas Stuart Jr. was the son of Quaker Oats Company co-founder R. Douglas Stuart, founded the America First Committee in 1940, was CEO of Quaker Oats from 1966 to 1981, and United States Amba
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…such as the destroyers-for-bases deal and the Lend-Lease bill, but failed in its efforts to block them. The AFC was founded by Yale Law School student R. Douglas Stuart Jr., a Princeton graduate who was heir to the Quaker Oats Company fortune, and headed by Robert E. Wood, a retired U.S. Army general who was chairman of…
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