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& 1 on a FM Pew, Colonel McCormick, Senator Wheeler and others has - against Roosevelt is such that they would not deviate one inoh in figh’ everything that the President wants or attempts, and consequently British suffer to a great extent." - . wae an, cs PRE AN e ouly 7, 1941 Assistant Mansger BLACK of the Perrine Bylide ing advised that a lease been signed by a person by the name o: BB for the use of a room in the Perrine Building by the Amerioa First Commit Mr. BLACK asked the party to the lease the nature of the business to be * carried on and Mrs. DON! ECK replied that “our principal business wil! be keeping America out of ware wey ft cet a ee -_ ue The Daily Oklahoman published an article on August 26, . *: 1941 to the effect that the American Legion, Post #36 adopted a resolutio: requesting the City Council to deny the use of the Municipal Auditorium for a speech by Charles &. Lindbergh, speaker of the America Pirst Committee. In a similar action the Blights of Pythias Lodge and the Oklahoma State ~-< Women's Ambulance and Transport Corps lodged formal protest against granting * Lindbergh the use of the hall, The Daily Oklahoman on August 27, 1941 stated © a that the City Council voted to deny Charles A, Lindberg the use of the Munie | i cipal Auditorium. This article further states that the City Council's action ~ t. cane after several oity organizations protested Lindbergh's appearance in > -. i Oklehoma City and rescinding order of T. T. JOYNSON, Auditorium Manager, per= | ti: nitting the meeting in the Auditorium, This article further reveale that. :. i Lindbergh notified the Americas First Leaders that he would speak on "air power® . anywhere the appearance oan be arranged, On August 28, 194) the Daily Oklahoman i: published an article stating that the Sandlot Baseball P ‘ark 5200 N. W. 10th ‘y Street had been rented for the America First Committee's rally to be ed- 7 dressed by CHARLES &. LINDBERGH and BURTON K. WHEELER on August 29. On a ’ . + - iater, August29, 1941 CARL J, STEWART, Managing Editor of the Daily Oklehonan }t . > ° and Oklahoma City Times published the following letter which was delivered © ‘ to Charles 4. Lindbergh upon bis arrival in Oklahoma City August 28, 1941.° : The letter reads as follows, eee ee) "It has been announced that Friday you will spesk in 8 came wunity for the cause of isolationiam. Of all the persons advocating this ides, you are perhaps its most persuasive sponsor. I think 1 have read carefully - i i every press report of your recent utterances. Almost without exception, I \ find them negative. They abound in "shall note* without, as I sce it, offe: pols ing any valid alternatives. : . vets! i : | . ' 1 ' i . E Perhaps in your mind there are alternatives, . 266 you should, in ali honesty and candor, state them also. ve : To focus your attention upon the gaps that appear to me in your platform for America, and doubtless to millions of other Anoricans, I submit to you the following 10 questions, together with Ry sincere recomen-. dation that frank and responsive Feplies to them can hardly fail to serve Lad