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A pacifist and isolationist, with <a href="/people/687/000026609/">Charles Lindbergh</a> he co-founded the America First Committee, but after the bombing of Pearl Harbor that organization was quickly disbanded and he supported US entry into World War II. Thomas was not a supporter of Soviet-style Communism.<p><b>Father:</b> Welling Evan Thomas<br><b>Mother:</b> Emma Mattoon<br><b>Wife:</b> Frances Violet Stewart ("Violet", m. 1-Sep-1910, d. 1-Aug-1947)<br><p> High School: Marion High School, Marion, OH<br> University: <a href="/edu/549/000068345/">Princeton University (1905)</a><br> Theological: <a href="/edu/529/000111196/">Union Theological Seminary</a><br><p> <a href="/org/039/000057865/">America First Committee</a> Co-Founder (1940)<br> <u>League of Industrial Democracy</u> Co-Director (1922-37)<br> <a href="/media/655/000048511/">The Nation</a> Associate Editor (1921-22)<br> <a href="/event/101/000159621/">Ordained</a> Presbyterian (1911)<br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>The Conscientious Objector in America</i> (<tt>1923</tt>)<br><i>Is Conscience a Crime?</i> (<tt>1927</tt>)<br><i>America's Way Out: A Program for Democracy</i> (<tt>1931</tt>)<br><i>As I See It</i> (<tt>1932</tt>)<br><i>Human Exploitation in the United States</i> (<tt>1934</tt>)<br><i>After the New Deal, What?</i> (<tt>1936</tt>)<br><i>What Is Our Destiny?</i> (<tt>1944</tt>)<br><i>Appeal to the Nations</i> (<tt>1947</tt>)<br><i>A Socialist Faith</i> (<tt>1951</tt>)<br><i>The Test of Freedom</i> (<tt>1954</tt>)<br><i>Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen</i> (<tt>1955</tt>)<br><i>The Prerequisites of Peace</i> (<tt>1959</tt>)<br><i>Great Dissenters</i> (<tt>1961</tt>)<br><i>Socialism Re-Examined</i> (<tt>1963</tt>)<br><i>The Choices</i> (<tt>1969</tt>)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=205258"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=205258">Norman Thomas</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=205258" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>