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...League? Overnight, Lausche became the hottest Democratic prospect in Ohio. Though he is a Roosevelt supporter, he owes nothing to the party. He won his record majority in 1941 as an independent; then the party got on his bandwagon...
...Although some critics regard Dewey as an opportunist who jumped on the internationalist bandwagon after the horses were in full gallop, he was never really an "isolationist." He concedes: "Certainly I have changed my views on foreign policy. Everyone has." But he favored Lend-Lease, military preparedness, decided before Pearl Harbor that the U.S. would have to go to war. His ambiguous record as a Presidential candidate in 1940 was dictated by 1) his emotional distaste for war ("I suppose at heart I am really a pacifist") and 2) political caution...
...enemies, Editor Armstrong then outlined his own set of basic principles for the peace. Most important: the peace should be based on common agreements among many nations rather than any Big Power Alliance. Thus he put up a "stop, look & listen" sign across the path of the Lippmann bandwagon. Columnist Lippmann's U.S. Foreign Policy, Shield of the Republic (TIME, June 14), more than any other single statement, has popularized the idea of a longtime military alliance with Britain, the Soviet Union, and, if possible, China.* Editor Armstrong answers: U.S. interests have no limits. They fringe out all over...
...Oliver, 4-43, Bates College '35 and Lewiston, Maine. Jim plays the trumpet and has taught it to private students as a sideline. He had his own 15-piece orchestra in Lewiston, and once was heard over a national hookup with the Fenton Brothers Orchestra on the Fitch Bandwagon...
...told him he was ill.) As Moore was thus given the Jersey bounce. Governor Edison announced his support of Newark's Mayor Vincent J. Murphy, who, as secretary of the New Jersey A.F. of L., is acceptable to labor. Two hours later, Frank Hague, breathing hard, boarded the bandwagon...