ORGANIZATION

Grassroots antiwar organization founded in 1939 at Yale. Over the next two years, the AFC grew to a membership of 800,000. The group dissolved soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Founding Date:
1939

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Chester Bowles	Politician	5-Apr-1901	25-May-1986	Governor of Connecticut, 1949-51
Barber Conable	Politician	2-Nov-1922	30-Nov-2003	World Bank President, Congressman
Father Charles Coughlin	Religion	25-Oct-1891	27-Oct-1979	Radio opponent of FDR
e. e. cummings	Poet	14-Oct-1894	3-Sep-1962	Majuscule-challenged American poet
John T. Flynn	Journalist	25-Oct-1882	13-Apr-1964	The Roosevelt Myth
Gerald Ford	Head of State	14-Jul-1913	26-Dec-2006	38th US President, 1974-77
Henry Ford	Business	30-Jul-1863	7-Apr-1947	Founder of Ford Motors
Lillian Gish	Actor	14-Oct-1893	27-Feb-1993	Silent film actress, director
Herbert Hoover	Head of State	10-Aug-1874	20-Oct-1964	31st US President, 1929-33
John F. Kennedy	Head of State	29-May-1917	22-Nov-1963	35th US President, 1961-63
Robert M. La Follette, Jr.	Politician	6-Feb-1895	24-Feb-1953	US Senator, committed suicide
Sinclair Lewis	Novelist	7-Feb-1885	10-Jan-1951	Arrowsmith and Elmer Gantry
Charles Lindbergh	Aviator	4-Feb-1902	26-Aug-1974	Transatlantic soloist
Pat Manion	Radio Personality	1896	1979	Manion Forum
Robert McCormick	Business	30-Jul-1880	1-Apr-1955	Xenophobe in the Tribune Tower
Eddie Rickenbacker	Aviator	8-Oct-1890	23-Jul-1973	Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI
William Saroyan	Author	31-Aug-1908	18-May-1981	The Time of Your Life
Sargent Shriver	Politician	9-Nov-1915		Ran for VP with George McGovern
Potter Stewart	Judge	23-Jan-1915	7-Dec-1985	US Supreme Court Justice
Robert A. Taft	Politician	8-Sep-1889	31-Jul-1953	US Senator from Ohio, 1939-53
Gore Vidal	Author	3-Oct-1925		Visit to a Small Planet
Robert E. Wood	Business	13-Jun-1879	6-Nov-1969	Chairman of Sears, 1939-54
Frank Lloyd Wright	Architect	8-Jun-1867	9-Apr-1959	America's most famous architect

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