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Willkie Draft Chaos at 1940 Republican Convention
Fragmented excerpts from a 1945 reprint depict the 1940 Republican convention in Chicago. Attacks on Wendell Willkie mix with fear of war and FDR’s fate, as delegates debated Roosevelt’s potential run and the draft of Willkie to the ticket amid party tensions.
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