Americanism Defense League
Americanism Defense League of Hollywood was an anti-communist women’s club based in Hollywood, California, active in exposing communists in the film industry. Mrs. J. Henry Orme was the group’s president. The group had its roots in the America First Committee.[1] The group was active as early as May 1941 and continued into the 1950s.
Advisory Board members
Notes
- ↑ J. Edgar Hoover Goes to the Movies: The FBI and the Origins of Hollywood's Cold War, by John Sbardellati, page 80
