Doubting Thomas Martin Challenged in Iowa District Race
The Des Moines Register quotes a 1941 editorial labeling Thomas Martin as doubting and isolationist. It urges voters in Iowa's First District to support Clair Williams over Martin, arguing Williams has character, integrity, and farm ties, and would better guide wartime and postwar policy.
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Thomas Martin
Iowa
Ham Fish
New York
Dewey
Thomas
Hammed
Clair Williams
Congress
Danville
United States
The
Grange
Farmers Union
Farm Bureau
Iowa Fruit Growers Association
Vote For World Peace Vote For America's Future
A compact campaign item urging voters to back world peace and a forward looking national agenda. The message stresses unity and progress without naming candidates or locations.
Selective Service Debate in August 1940 Congress
In August 1940 Congress debated the urgent Selective Service bill amid Britain's peril and a looming German threat. The House passed the measure 263 to 146 after a failed amendment to delay drafting women until after elections, while a minority report doubted fascist peril and warned the act mirrored Nazi policies.
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Congress
Germany
France
Britain
England
Asia
Africa
Western Hemisphere
Hitler
Marshall
Nazi Germany
Ham Fish
Fish
House Military Affairs Committee
Thomas Martin
Lend Lease Debate Tests U S Resolve In 1941
In early 1941 Congress debated the lend-lease bill as Britain faced possible collapse. Britain had paid $1.3 billion for arms and financed factories for the U S, while seeking $1.3 billion in new supplies to last four months. The question: aid Britain or risk surrender to Nazi power.
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Yugoslavia
Greece
Britain
Crete
United States
Morgenthau
Senate
Neutrality Act Limits Aid as Axis Presses War Fronts
In October 1941 the Axis advanced toward America and imperial Japan prepared bases for strikes on Malaya and Burma. German forces pushed on Moscow, Ukraine, and Crimea while U S ships faced attacks off Newfoundland and Brazil. The Neutrality Act restricted non government cargo ships from belligerent zones, hampering Britain, Russia’s entry worsened shortages, and officials warned the defense program would suffer without freedom of the seas.
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Axis
America
Indo-China
Japan
Malaya
Burma
Saburu Kurusu
Washington
United States
Russia
Moscow
Ukraine
Crimea
Middle East
Hitler
Newfoundland
Brazil
Kearny
Greer
Reuben James
Britain
Murmansk
Archangel
Turkey
Near East
OPM
The Next War and the Call to Vigilant Peace
An editorial urges eternal vigilance to prevent war and urges support for Clair Williams in the district race. It argues presidents must negotiate peace and work with Congress, warning against blind partisanship and stressing the cost of future conflict. It cites a Republican critic and appeals to informed voters to spread the message.
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Germany
Japan
China
Russia
England
Congress of the
United States
Congress
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