april american writer political activist published handbook patriots suspected communists books lecture tours established pre eminent female right wing activist 1930s outspoken critics new deal best known leader world war women movement grass roots campaign pressured congress refrain helping allies anti war charged charges dropped academic studies ignored anti war mothers movement right wing activist women general writings secured lasting influence right wing groups early life family born chicago illinois father surgeon ancestry mother english french ancestry father died weeks old mother added family income selling real estate brother seven years senior wealthy age developing properties hawaii upbringing attended catholic girls school highly religious known send friends page letters christian scripture prone bouts depression went canada europe mother enrolled university_of_chicago studied music languages intending orchestral musician left years graduating lonely disillusioned married engineer studying law attended church elizabeth couple financially thanks elizabeth inherited money albert job chief engineer lived chicago suburb children born born relationship turbulent discovered husband having affair woman broke home gunpoint threatened albert gave wife divorce promised commit adultery extra marital relationships eventual divorce family travelled abroad times experience political outlook served convince american superiority visited britain france italy offended lack gratitude british american intervention world war vowed oppose future american involvement european conflict spent month soviet_union local guides claimed jews warned communism world showed map cities named soviet heroes documented travels home movies filming scenes swimming nude river beneath moscow church appalled communism sex broken homes class hatred visited germany returned noting great improvement conditions attended meetings german government paid expenses wrote german people hitler happy don believe stories hear man great good country toured palestine filmed described jewish immigrants country spain embroiled spanish civil war filmed red torture chambers burnt churches ruined reds jewish glee shown russia visited japan viewed christian nation asia returned visit spain second time anti communism family trip red russia started dedication anti communism taken scenes friends working saw conditions hand appalled forced labor crowded living quarters card workers stores mothers pushing begging children state besieging open anti christ campaign shock public places loud speaker russian friends translated cartoons representing christ villain drunk object holy communion labor trash dumped soviet year plan cartoons filled big bulletin boards churches soviet guides took visit political activism spurred bitter opposition encountered return illinois telling truth russia intellectual friends episcopal minister began public speaking hobby following doctor advice chicago radio broadcaster taught arranged address local church groups year touring midwest northeast occasionally west coast accompanied husband showed home movies soviet_union speech times week audiences large hosted organizations like daughters american revolution founded anti communist organization headquarters chicago eventually local chapters left folded soon lack interest encouragement lectures published local newspaper collected pamphlet entitled red revolution want claimed printed distributed thousands copies beginning early spent eighteen hours day eighteen months researching suspected sources included volume report representative report anti communist investigation result handbook patriots hailed irony compact reference work half page book collection essays copied red revolution second half contained descriptions reds including international figures like organizations described communist socialist controlled far spider web chart 1920s chart composed member plotted suspected red affiliated organisations progressive individuals revealed power guilt association tactic future red devastating effectiveness book reprinted times sold copies thousands given away sold chicago book stores mail order house distributed knights white german american subscribers new journal received copy preacher president claimed given away hundreds copies advertised sold endorsed officials copies bought los_angeles arms manufacturer bought copies tear gas manufacturer bought copies distributed national_guard hundreds police departments returned alma mater accuse people university president educational reformer activist republican senator communist retail asked help obtain public hearing niece complained professors university communists demanded closure university illinois legislature convened discuss matter ultimately deciding claims delivered half hour speech assembly calls audience kill communist declared certain university_of_chicago communism menace community nation book background published weeks presidential election successful like later writing largely series quotations roosevelt jew deal including calling new deal central theme debated later claimed house american activities committee founded largely thanks books wrote pamphlet attacking entitled fearing won presidential nomination voters forced choose communists distributed copies claimed credit defeat founded vast archive chicago staff christian women girls began regular publication newsletter outlining political personal views free charge supporters editions pages long youthful photograph author cover conveying personal touch early issues reads defense christianity paid industrialist investigate communism university_of_michigan funding distributing anti semitic newspaper 1920s ford financial supporter dozens anti semitic discovered hundreds books university library written page report stated university typical american colleges permitted professional american youths propaganda reached similar conclusion paid investigate ucla investigated children universities northwestern hoping influence presidential election published octopus setting jewish communism theories book published pseudonym reported claiming jews prove anti semitic clever husband feared allegations anti damage law practice admitted author divorce trial explained written response stated airs dirty lying attempts shut christian mouth prevent getting fair trial country cited contempt relying appeal patriotic duty enjoyed portraying helpless victim confronted evil telling example federal issued ordered explain alleged nazi described experiences new deal reference secret police format play acted victim interrogated agent new deal dramatic scene overflowed sinister sarcastic questions long victim bit weary endless answered unfair questions little public role denied accusation important woman weight sincere act reveal self importance talent propaganda central figure mass movement women groups opposed involvement world war perspective membership groups million according historian argued war women particular stake preventing american involvement european conflict arguments appeals right wing anti british anti communist anti semitic movement strongest midwest conservative stronghold culture anti long resented political dominance east_coast chicago base far right activists members spoke america meetings involved founding mothers america highly active group members tasked organizations chicago_tribune newspaper highest circulation region strongly treated trusted expert anti communism continued support charged early movement height spoke rallies chicago cities midwest recruited group coordinate efforts oppose mothers crusade defeat hundreds activists capitol weeks february arrested led sit strike protesters corridor outside office year old senator sensational trial lasting days found guilty conduct fined glass called fbi investigate women groups stated new_york_times march women caused noisy disorder self ashamed likewise believe mothers sake race hope leader believed image mothers movement wrecked privately criticised tactics women groups continued oppose war attack pearl harbor unlike allies campaigned presidential election accused feet international political activity decreased result highly publicized divorce trial beginning february dozens fist fights broke involving men women received contempt judge said feared suffer nervous breakdown month trial grand jury convened investigate fascist propaganda called women leaders testify including roosevelt prevailed attorney general launch prosecution july anti war activists indicted counts conspiracy cause military peacetime wartime case main government campaign domestic historian labelled brown scare charges list defendants extended january charges extended january judge suffered fatal heart attack november declared charges dismissed november government failed present compelling new evidence german conspiracy later called proceedings continued publish published book reveals hatred christ christians responsible mass murder torture slave labour iron curtain countries ruled retitled death jewish religion influence today charter treaties constructed way man sin anti christ hold supreme power life death briefly heads red world empire media references character based appears novel happen book describes fascist takeover strange meat fed grown great inspired taken growing adopt hobby deliberate hasty criticism men women seen book january lady action screaming speed certain symptoms simple loose lady july god strengthen uphold wonderful work grow help save republic time coming blessed deserve place history comparable washington lincoln quoted patriotic research bulletin july rarely seen hatred complete possession woman face stormed corridors shouting like woman pursued know outside mind describing encounter
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