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Cobb's Ironies on Reformers and Conventions
Irvin S Cobb surveys the 1932 party scene from Anta Monica California, recalling past leaders like Al Smith and Franklin D Roosevelt. He rails at dry political platitudes, mocks the national conventions, and lampoons reform plans from Townsend to the League of Nations, highlighting the era’s distrust of big promises and political theatrics.
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Anta Monica
Calif
Cannon
Houston
AL Smith
Charles Mitchell
Hearst
Heaven and Earth
Garner
F. D. Roosevelt
Republican Old Guard
The
Hoya
League of Nations
Congress
Irvin S
Cobb