The fifth column menaces America on a thousand fronts

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Title:
The fifth column menaces America on a thousand fronts
Title (alt.):
Fifth column conspiracy in America : authentic map and directory
Description:
"Purports to show that Communists--allegedly in league with Nazis and various Fascist organizations--had established a pervasive, nationwide fifth column that "menaces America on a thousand fronts." The country is divided to show Communist district boundaries and Nazi department boundaries. The authors assert that the fifth column has penetrated the U.S. Army, Navy, and National Guard, as well as its defense industries. The verso contains a list of hundreds of "the more important Communist, Nazi, Fascist and native totalitarian groups" and various "united front" and "fellow-traveler" affiliates. This list is based on government investigations, sworn testimony and records of the House Un-American Activities Committee and other legislative inquiries, and on extensive data and secret documents in the files of the map's publisher."--Edited description of P.J. Mode on Boston Rare Maps website.
Cartographer:
Kamp, Joseph P. (Joseph Peter), 1900-1993
Cartographer:
Gill, Alexander Cloyd
Publisher:
Constitutional Educational League
Copyright holder:
American Map Company (New York, N.Y.)
Name on Item:
compiled and edited by Joseph P. Kamp and A. Cloyd Gill
Date:
1941
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Thematic maps
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
United States--History--1933-1945--Maps
United States--Maps
Communism--United States--Maps
National socialism--United States--Maps
Fascism--United States--Maps
Communism and education--United States--Maps
World War, 1939-1945--United States--Propaganda--Maps
Places:

Extent:
1 map : color ; 59 x 89 cm, folded to 23 x 10 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
New Haven, Conn. : Constitutional Educational League, Inc.
Scale:
Scale not given
Language:
English
Notes:
Shows the headquarters, propaganda centers, schools, and camps of organizations that served as a fifth column in the United States during the Second World War.
"Copyright, 1941, Constitutional Educational League, Inc., basic copyright by American Map Company."
Inset: Section & sub-section boundaries of greater New York.
Text about Communist, Nazi, Fascist and other "dangerous" organizations on verso.
Identifier:
06_01_017368A
06_01_017892
Call #:
G3701.E6 1941 .K36
Barcode:
39999085956207