Word: foreignism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...blunt terms of domestic politics, any blunder might have completely changed the situation in the Senate; any bold and dramatic action would have given ammunition to critics who believe the President to be unpredictable in foreign affairs. Inaction was unthinkable on moral and political grounds-not only had Finland scrupulously paid her war debt instalments to the U. S., but U. S.-Finnish relations have been an untroubled model of what international relations should be. Moreover a government that publicly and repeatedly frowned on the aggression of Fascist Germany would be placed in a truly remarkable position if it ignored...
Withdrawing the word "racket" on a point of order, Mr. Woodrum said that the Fish organization-the National Committee to Keep America Out of Foreign Wars-with headquarters in Fish's office, using Government facilities and employes, had been sending out appeals for campaign funds on official stationery. The funds were to offset what the Fish committee called "the New Deal war-hysteria campaign" and "to expose these efforts to involve...
Troubled political conditions in the world have brought a host of foreign students to the Committee on the Use of English this year, according to Dudley H. Cloud, Secretary to the Committee...
Professor Rand has been previously honored by foreign governments. He is a Correspondent Fellow of the British Academy and a member of the American Academy of Rome; Rand is also a Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy...
Virtually all editorial comment favored France and Britain: none favored Germany. Criticism of British censorship grew stronger. Support of President Roosevelt's policies declined on all fronts: in domestic affairs from 64% to 55%, from 76% to 72% in foreign relations...