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Reverend PANKEY is usted’ s as skating that some forty Tuleans ae deen invited by telephone to attend the meeting which will be purposely: for the business of electing permanent officers. The tulsa World on August, 26, 1941 published an article which stated that MACK SHRODES former republican Police and Fire Commissioner was elected ohairman of the America First Come mittee, Tulsa Chapter, ata meoting at the oourt house Monday night. Thi artiole relates that only about 30 persons turned out for the meeting that _ out of these thirty, fourteen signed up for membership in the America First Groups In an article appearing in the Tulsa Tribune August $0,194] MAC Chairman, Tulsa America 1 cue is quoted as saying he would like, ODES. ° to secure Senator BENNETT CLARE for @ mesting in Tulsa on September 27, SHRODES Ss further quoted as ng in this article that CHARLES LINDBERGH * and Senator BURTON K. WHEELER were invited to speak there but were forced to @ecline due to the other many engagements whioh they had. In the Tulsa Tribun on September 2, 1941 is an article which states that the America First Com-... mitteo may stage a membership campaign in Tulea on following up the cards signed et Tulee meeting and by Tulsans at the CHARLES A LINDBERGH speech in , Oklahoma City on August 29, 1941, This article also stated that MACK SHRODRS c ¢ Chairman will over new organization records tonight with Mrs ELLA JGESSEL and EUGEN: » Seoretary and Treasurer. SHRODES is quoted further as stating that W. Be ‘FOULIS, Chicago Seoretary and Orgsnizer would be here soon to belp outline. the Committee's Program, hort whose saentity has boos, previo Bureau supplied ollowing information sono ning ‘th Anerioa First Committee in Tulea, Oklehoma: - furnished to the tivities of the . “july” uM, 190 mooting “ot the America First Connittee was hel tonight at 8:00 pm in the Baldwin Methodist Church, 2200 Blook on Borth = Frankfort, with about 43 women seven men attending. Among this group there were four mon with the Reverend{SMITJH group and three pen from the APs. and later two married couples joined the group. DONXLUBBOCK St. Louis. organizer opened the mosting stating that his committee group had intended ‘forming @ ohapter in Tulsa and raising funds to get the Hon. Senator WHEELER there for an open air meeting. LUBBOCK then introduced attorney MEED ef the Oklahoma City Branch, MEAD asked for funds several times and although ,, 0 Money was offered he reiterated his former statement that the "best ine surance against further war i, finance this tee." Mrs. COOKE of th Tulsa Peace Council, Reverend and Miss OMSTOCK from the pro- American group not present. all instances "they are out of town," with exouses, The literature distributed in these meetings was the usual type. - @arr: in the general stock of the America Firet Commi too. . \; + a ay -:.. he had attended several of ihe: APM, mootings lew York and had & delegate to the Euergencsy Peace * Conference in Chicago last fal) when the A.P.M. was organised and the reason ~ * for his not remaining with the A.P.W. was not the fact that they are too radical ‘but that ‘he had been offered @ position with the America First Comittee and - ka this as thore is a direct livelihood while the A.P.N. was Financially ant.