Chicago was the base of far-right activists Charles E. Coughlin, Gerald L. K. Smith and Lyrl Clark Van Hyning, as well as the America First Committee, which had 850,000 members by 1941.
Chicago was the base of far-right activists Charles E. Coughlin. Chicago was the base of far-right activists Gerald L. K. Smith. Chicago was the base of far-right activists Lyrl Clark Van Hyning, as well as the America First Committee. The America First Committee had 850,000 members by 1941.