American Independence Union

The American Independence Union was formed at a one-day conference of 58 civic leaders which was called by Richard Bartholdt,^[1] a U.S. Representative from Missouri, and which was held at the New Willard Hotel in Washington on January 30, 1915.^[2] Its purpose was to agitate for strict US adherence to the principles of neutrality in World War I. Bartholdt was elected its president.

References

1. Joseph Edward Cuddy (1976). Irish-America and National Isolationism, 1914-1920. Ayer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-405-09328-9.
2. Clifton J. Child (1938). "German-American Attempts to Prevent the Exportation of Munitions of War, 1914-1915". The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 25, No. 3. 25 (3): 351–368. doi:10.2307/1897253. JSTOR 1897253.