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tee found inelf when the attack an Pear Harbor put us into the war. My article tied to differentiate mongering clements acting os agents of foreign nations or mis using the movement as a con ica's entry into the war makes that differentiation even more impor tagt. Tene of thousands of yester- | ‘The Committee itself has served notice of dissolution. It: formes national director, General Robert E. Wood, writes me that “members of the National Committee are loyally supporting the war efforts of the nation.” The mme holds true, undoubtedly, for the great bership and uncnrolied supporters. Some doubt about the qualiry of the loyalry, insofar as certain lead- ets are concerned, is raised by their wn strange actions. Not content to let bygones be bygones, they seem to be going out of their way © carry over into war time the iolationist-interventionist issues of pre-war years. For instance, preparations are evidently under way to revive iso lationist bitterness in the next na- tional elections, General Wood himself showed the way when he wrote to America First unit heads last December 15: “We hope that as individuals you will exert your efforts in support of those mem- bers of the Senate and House af Representatives who have = Fection, We must be keyal to them Sor Gratitude is & virtue open w Question when it cuts 20 ruthlessly accom & nation’s solidarity ia ao hour of crise, To an oucader, ths altempt to perpetuate pre-war differences seems out of ali loyal support of the war Obviously, therefore, the formal not prove that its spirit or even its organizational cobesion have been American sectors of the movement deserve every benefit of the doubs. But what of the others? What of the raucously totalitanan groups which had channeled their activi- ties and their emotions into the America First movement? What of the crackpot fringes of “shirt” or- found a cosy home in the environs of America First? We have amb a db @eeee iy — Tee