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“ok of letter dated March 21, 1942 from the Bureau to ay ore id cctammeseerreren Chicago, Tllinois, indicated that a newspaper clipping entitle ppeasers Hoo F.D.R. and Allies in Meeting Here" was forwarded to _. the Bureau by public school teacher, Chicago, Tllinois. A photo- “stat was made o ping from the *Chicago Daily News" dated February iu," 1942, This newspaper article reports a meeting of the Citizens Committee, headed “by WILLIAM G. GRACE, was held at 32 mest Randolph Street, Chicago, TLlinois,.. oa dt _ on the night of February 13, 1942.7 The article stated that this Citizens’... yg, Committee was formerly called “The' Citizens Committee to Keep America out of 7 _’, War® and was reorganized after Pearl Harbor. This article relates that the’ ' principal speaker was GERALD L. K SMITH, who referred to himself as "the chajrman of a committee of mit me Mentioned by the speakers were CHARLES NDBERGH, Col. ROBERT R#. KcCO! the Chicago Tribune, genator oY NDIBROOKS, the latg Sehator HUEY PSLONG, Senator GERALD PJ NYE, 0S PS! Es oo Representative CLARENCH DAY and "Americal First,® with cheers from the ‘audience. eye SMITH was reported in his article to have made slurring references to. the 4 :~,, President and Mrs. ROUSEVELT and to have referred to HUEY LONG as "the Lincoln © , ,,0f the South.* SMITH stated that he wanted victory for a "Christian America®: ; *Fand requested the women in the audience who had sons about to go into the arny « ; ; Yo.raise their hands-and give their names‘ to. the Comattee officials, 80 that nh ener s sould L Feceave 5 copies, of , sether. speech by. hin. ; fy fy.