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Smith Speech Rocks Capital Future Course in Doubt
Washington notes the caustic Smith assault on the New Deal at a Liberty League dinner. Hoover and Ickes quote 1928 debates to frame socialism charges as Smith contends the party drifts, stirring reactions from both camps and signaling an unsettled 1936 campaign strategy.
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