Our Foreign Policy
Chicago: America First Committee, [1940]. A speech by America First Committee National Chairman Robert E. Wood on keeping America out of WWII. Printed inside the front wrapper are the America First Committee Principles followed by an introduction to General Wood by Clay Judson. A membership and contribution blank is printed inside the rear wrapper.
The America First Committee was a popular isolationist organization founded on September 4, 1940 and headquartered in Chicago. Its National Chairman was General Robert E. Wood, the Chairman of Sears, Roebuck and Co, and members included a number of wealthy industrialists and businessmen, politicians, and young future Presidents, John F. Kennedy and Gerald Ford. The group attracted both Socialists/Communists and Fascists, although the former later denounced the organization by claiming it was run by the latter. Charles Lindbergh spoke frequently on its behalf and often accused the British, the Roosevelt administrations and Jews for leading the U.S. to war. The group dissolved soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Stapled wrappers, 6 ¾” x 4 ¾”, printed in red and blue on cream colored stock; 14 pp. Some toning to the rear wrapper, else a fine copy. Item #13875
Price: $125.00