Roger Nash Baldwin, the National Civil Liberties Bureau, and military intelligence during World War I.
From: The Historian
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Date: 9/22/1997
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Author: Cottrell, Robert C.
Roger Nash Baldwin directed the National Civil Liberties Bureau from its founding in 1920 for 30 years, attempting to influence the attitudes of government officials about conscientious objectors during World War I. The Wilson administration felt this effort was suspicious. Baldwin was vigorously investigated by military intelligence and was briefly incarcerated for pacifist activities.
During the course of the twentieth century Roger Baldwin's name has become inextricably linked with ...
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