The Candy Kid and Red Threats in Welch's Blues
A 1950s column critiques a book by Welch labeling Western Europe in decline and alleging Communist influence worldwide. It cites Norway, Syria, Nasser, Sukarno, Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba, and Hawaii, arguing the United States failed to curb Soviet reach since 1933.
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Western
Europe
Welch
Norway
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Storting
Parliament
Syria
Lebanon
Egypt
Libya
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Bolivia
Venezuela
Paraguay
Nicaragua
Dominican Republic
Batista
Cuba
Hawaii
China
Stalin
Roosevelt
al Smith
Daily News
U.S.S.R
Russia
Asia
Chiang Kai -Shek
Robert B. Rigg
United States
Capitol Hill
I Would Change It to Equal Justice Under Law
An outspoken defense of equal justice and citizenship duties, contrasting rights with responsibilities. The speaker rejects labels and prejudice, asserts capitalism without communism, and envisions a nation where every man stands ten feet tall and equality under law prevails, citing the Supreme Court Building motto.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Petal Paper satire form not fully legible
Fragmentary OCR shows a Petal Mississippi newspaper header with misread lines. Mentions Mer ing Mont Soez Montgomer y and subscription details stuck in garbled text.
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Petal
MER
ING
Mont Soez
Jost Rypestins Co
Mississippi
Montgomery
Mont Womens
Ais
BO Box A. Tarries P. D
Freidel’s America in the Twentieth Century review
Desmond Stone praises Freidel’s balanced history of the United States shaping through World War II and the Cold War era. The book traces shifts from isolationism to realism, McCarthyism, and the nation’s maturation, highlighting restraint, perspective, and the era’s challenges.
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United States
Fdr
Stalin
Truman
Russia
West
Joe
Cordell Hull
America
Theodore Roosevelt
Freidel
Wagner
McCarthy
Desmond Stone
Nieman Reports
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Candy Kid
Nehru
Nasser
Sukarno
General Eisenhower
East Side
Cape Cod
Red Chase Lumber, Inc
Exeter
West Dennis, Mass
Council of Atomic Scientists
Great Britain
George F. Kennan
BBC
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Nyack, N. Y