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'''David John Baxter''' (May 10, 1914 - March 10, 1993)<ref>[http://sortedbyname.com/pages/b104228.html David J. Baxter Social Security Index]</ref> of Colton, California and San Bernardino was a former [[Socialist Party of America|Socialist Party]] member and a defendant in America's [[Great Sedition Trial of 1944]]. Baxter was an associate of fame [[socialist]] leader [[Upton Sinclair]]. Sinclair and Baxter eventually became [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]s and supporters of [[FDR]]’s [[New Deal]]. 

Although  a Democratic, Baxer would familiarize himself with other ideologies and political views of the day by visiting [[Communist]], [[Ku Klux Klan]] and [[German American Bund]] events. Baxter eventually became suspicious of Roosevelt and his talk of keeping the nation out of war while taking actions that would lead to American intervention. He started a newsletter to express his concerns. 

Baxter organized the [[Social Republic Society of America]], a secret organization essentially [[fascist]] in orientation.<ref>''Under Cover'', p. 271,272, by [[John Roy Carlson]], (1943)</ref>

Baxter’s attitude toward the war was one of neutrality. When National Socialist Germany and the Soviet Union went to war his reasoned America should stay on the sidelines. He joined the [[isolationist]] [[America First Committee]] and wrote speeches for some of their leaders. 

Baxter was severed from the sedition trial due to his partial deafness. 

In 1945 he published ''[[The Protestant Newsletter]]'' which was formerly called ''[[Kings Gazette]]'' 

==Works==
* ''The Corporate State: A Practical Plan for American Fascists'' (1942)
* ''Tactics''

==Notes==
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==External link==
* [http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v06/v06p-23_Baxter.html The Great Sedition Trial of 1944: A Personal Memoir]



[[Category:Great Sedition Trial]]