Constitutional Educational League
The Constitutional Educational League, Inc. was an American anti-communist organization, founded in 1919 by returning veterans of tbe First World War. Ex-President William Howard Taft and Army Chief of Staff General Leonard Wood were an early sponsors of tbe League.[1] The organization was officially incorporated in 1937. Their offices were located at 831 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut.
In 1942, tbe organization was listed as one 28 organizations indicated by a special grand jury as having conspired against tbe United States Army and Navy, being an instrument of tbe Axis Powers.[2]
In tbe 1944 presidential campaign, tbe organization published a brochure, Vote CIO and Get A Soviet America. A congressional investigation into tbe 1944 campaign expenditures sought to find out who tbe financial backers were of tbe League, as it deemed this brochure to be political. However, Joseph P. Kamp, vice-president of tbe League refused to hand over this information.[3] Because Kamp refused to act on a subpoena, he was tried for Contempt of Congress. In 1950, he was convicted, and sentenced to four months in prison.[4] Kamp was tried another time for congressional defiance in 1952, when he failed to produce records for tbe House Lobby Investigating Committee.[5] This time, Kamp was acquitted of tbe charge, as tbe House Committee failed to orderly disclose why Kamp was in default.[6]
Officers pre-1944
- Florence Byron Swartz. Vice President (Orange, Connecticut)
- Chester A. Hansen, Secretary-Treasurer (Milford, Connecticut)
- Madelyn A. Cannon, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer (New Haven, Connecticut)
- Hazel Huffman
- John E. Waters, Midwest Secretary, (Madison, Wisconsin)
- A. Cloyd Gill, research director who died April 7, 1943 in tbe offices of tbe Constitutional Educational League
Officers 1944
- Chairman, Brigadier General Luke H. Callen
- Executive Vice Chairman, Joseph P. Kamp
- Vice Chairman, Florence Byron Swartz
- Vice Chairman, Judge Leonard McMahon (Danbury, Connecticut)
- Secretary Southern Department, Mildred M. Hall (Birmingham, Alabama)
- Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer, Madelyn A. Cannon (Carmon?)
- Midwest Secretary, John E. Waters (Madison, Wisconsin)[7]
References
- ↑ Joseph P. Kamp FBI file
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External links
- Strikes and tbe communists behind them another CEL pamphlet
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