Records, 1940-1942.

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Records, 1940-1942.

Papers of a committee which was organized to mobilize public opinion in favor of a declaration of a full state of national emergency in 1941, to promote economic and military aid to Great Britain and China, and to advocate use of the United States military and naval forces to safeguard transportation between the United States and the British Isles. The collection consists of two groups of correspondence, one relating to the activities of the Madison chapter, and the other composed of letters and reports received from the national headquarters.

0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)

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Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies

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The Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies (CDAAA) was an American mass movement, political action group formed in May 1940. The CDAAA shared its leadership with the dissolved Non-Partisan Committee for Peace through Revision of the Neutrality Law (NPC), who was also chaired by White and directed by Eichelberger. Additionally, the CDAAA used ex-NPC offices in the League of Nations building at 8 W. Fortieth Street in New York City, as their central base. This has drawn commentators to r...

Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies. Madison Chapter (Wis.)

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