Campobello institute guest Lash linked to Roosevelt circle
The piece notes Joseph Lash attended Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Summer Student Leadership Institute at Campobello. It recalls Lash’s recurring White House presence, ties to Ders committee scrutiny, and links to Nancy Bedford-Jones and her father H Bedford-Jones amid 1935 New Masses controversy and Nancy’s marriage to Lash in 1935.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Campobello Island
Felix Frankfurter
United States Supreme Court
William Allan Neilson
Smith College
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New Masses
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Shaw
Nancy
Benjamin Gitlow
Mrs. Roosevelt
Mr. Lash
William Browder
Earl Browder
Gitlow
Communist Party
Daily Worker
Yuma
Ariz
Joseph P. Lash
Campobello
Rehabilitation of Chamberlain and the appeasement question
The piece defends Chamberlain's appeasement policy, arguing critics including Churchill and Roosevelt share hypocrisy. It recalls Munich and Britain's stance toward Hitler, Japan, and Stalin, with a satirical jab at the wartime leadership and a quip about Hopkins and Stalin.
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Mr. Chamberlain
Great Britain
Uriah Heep
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Messers Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Mr. Roosevelt
Japan
Nippon
Indo-China
Thailand
Dutch East Indies
Pacific
Chamberlain
Munich
Willkie Evangelist Tone Sparks Senate Clash in Audience
An editorial portrait mocks Willkie as a tolerant evangelist amid boos for his Lindbergh and Wheeler references. It cites Stimson apology to Wheeler and Navy Secretary Knox's pledge to arrange his son Richard Burton's naval commission, while Roosevelt faces implied guilt over the controversy.
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Willkie
Charles Lindbergh
Wheeler
Adolf Hitler
Stimson
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Richard Burton
Roosevelt
Ickes
Henry Ford Sees Hope for World Peace on Birthday
Detroit reports 78 year old Henry Ford condemns hate and war and urges tolerance and a federation of the world. He calls for action and prayer while noting the rise of evil and the need for understanding to bring a new era of peace.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
Dearborn
Rex Tugwell Offers Two Backing Jobs With Mansions
Rex Tugwell faces a double comeback after being offered two positions. One pays 10,000 dollars plus a mansion, the other 15,000 dollars plus a mansion. He will likely choose one, though a crafty politician could seek a plan to collect both mansions.
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Rex Tugwell
Brain Truster
Editorial Round Table on Inflation and Labor Aligned
The American Federation of Labor warns members to cooperate with government and business to curb inflation. It urges tax-based restraint, food price stabilization, rent control, and wage moderation to prevent wages from fueling higher prices, arguing that inflation harms workers even after raises. The Baltimore Evening Sun commentary supports these points.
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American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Baltimore Evening Sun
Annihilated Russian Army Holds Back German Advance
The latest wartime item notes the Russian force, though shattered, continues to impede the German advance in the ongoing Russo German conflict.
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Christian Science Monitor
A Prophet Vindicated Says Hitler Predicted Bolshevik Ties
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch note recalls Hitler’s 1937 warning that any German Bolshevist Russia alliance would be of no value, framing his prophecy as vindication. The remark anchors a discussion on Nazi stance toward the Soviet Union and foreign alliances.
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Hitler
Germany
Russia
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Bombing the Lease and a Farmhouse Fantasy
Arthur Baer reports on a misidentified farm house sold as Early Dutch and later deemed foreign to that label. He muses on New England seasons, a Stamford Advocate interview, and hints at anxiety over a possible wartime bombing of his New York apartment.
Frail Glaub to Franco and U S Navy Moves
The column recalls a 1940 proposed one hundred million credit to Franco to keep Spain neutral. It notes U S fleet shuttling fears, bases in the Dutch East Indies, long range bombers in the Philippines, submarines near the Philippines, and rapid Pacific island fortifications. It mentions Pappy O Danial, Judge Hopkins, Wheeler, and a Latin American mail fraud crackdown by the Postal Inspection Service targeting Good Neighbor rackets.
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State Department
Spain
Franco
Hull
Sumner Welles
Portugal
New York Times
National Council of the
Spanish Falange
Spanish Fascist Party
United States
Britain
U. S
Pacific
Atlantic
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
Manila
Tokyo
Guam
Midway
Wake
Hitler
Co Ae
Portuga
Dakar
Richard J. Hopkins
Kansas
Stroud
Wheeler
America
Postoffice Department
Latin America
Postal Inspection Service
United Feature Syndicate
Polls and Politics Houdini Tricks From Washington
Washington August 1. Paul Mallon analyzes the Fortune poll tactics used by Wheeler supporters and government backers to frame the question on backing England. He argues polls mislead, lose weight, and rarely change opinions, while shaping controversy and campaigns.
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Washington
Wheelerites
Wheeler
England
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