Antiwar Propaganda: Wartimes Most Important Regiment

This rather lengthy piece by James J. Martin was preliminary to his work-in-progress, Hands Across the Volga which apparently remains unfinished. This may be the only representation of it for time immemorial.

The Pro-Red Orchestra In the USA, 1941

by James J. Martin

Contents

1. Opinions and opinion makers in the USA
2. Winston Churchill as a factor influencing Americans at the outset, June 1941
3. Initial reaction of interventionist spokesmen and press to the Soviet entry into the European war
4. Some diplomatic and economic straws in the wind
5. The Roosevelt administration and press supporters lean toward aid at the time of the August 1941 Atlantic Conference
6. The main pockets of resistance to supporting Stalin
7. American Communists as a complication in the Soviet aid debate
8. Time, corporate America and 'culture' contribute to the confusion
9. New voices in behalf of assistance to Stalin, at home and abroad
10. Continued annoyance from influential anti-Soviet liberal personalities, while pro-aid forces gain in academe
11. October 1941 polls register a gain in aid-to-Stalin sentiment
12. President Roosevelt creates a diversion over the religious issue
13. Diplomatic moves toward vastly increased military aid to Stalin
14. Culture, big names, and the well-placed lend their assistance to the building pro-Soviet bandwagon
15. Echoes of the religious dust-up reverberate
16. British propaganda diversions, and related American Anglophile support for the growing enhancement of Stalin
17. Fellow travelers -- domestic and foreign -- add their bit
18. Vote of no confidence from the Saturday Evening Post
19. Some practical consequences of Soviet aid get aired
20. The origins of "second front" talk in the West, and the impact of Soviet aid production on American labor and business/ businessmen
21. Pearl Harbor forces a temporary diversion in the overall drive to assist the Soviet Union
22. Reactions and second-guessing following Stalin's avoidance of involvement in the war Against Japan
23. The dimensions of the propaganda war as waged by the authors and publishers
24. The ante rises after Pearl Harbor on production and appropriations for Stalin
25. Davies' book, Mission to Moscow, sets the tone on the adulation of Soviet Communism for the rest of the war
26. Endnotes (not available)

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