During the 1930s, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (ClO)... favored organizing entire industries rather than specific occupations was virtually indistinguishable from the American Federation of Labor faced defeat after defeat as Americans feared the nation was headed toward a communist revolution drew thousands of new members to its cause by mostly avoiding strikes in favor of negotiating with employers Question 11 The American Liberty League... was funded by a small group of bankers, industrialists, and businessmen who claimed that the New Deal threatened the US Constitution drew on a groundswell of popular resistance to the expanding scope of the federal government advocated broadening Americans' idea of liberty to include economic security created a public relations disaster for the FDR administration