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Claire Luce's "globaloney" speech was the only one not favored in the list, which included the speeches of Wallace and Churchill, the Atlantic Charter, and the Beveridge Plan...
Claire Luce's "globaloney" speech was the only one not favored in the list, which included the speeches of Wallace and Churchill, the Atlantic Charter, and the Beveridge Plan...
Madame Luce's--"globaloney" speech, together with Representative Joseph Martin's remarks that "America must rule the air," had created great consternation in Britain. Similarly isolationist forces abroad warned of America's intentions and bitterly attacked her policy of global supremacy as a 1943 version of "manifest destiny"; Lord Londonderry among others urged strong counter-measures. Secretary Knox's plea for American naval bases all over the world was equally unfortunate. Alarm in the New Zealand House of Representatives over such bases forced Prime Minister Fraser to declare formally that he believed President Roosevelt "incapable of a mean action...
...nations." Henry Wallace answered his detractor: "I am sure the vast bulk of the Republicans do not want to stir up animosity against either our Russian or English Allies. . . ." In Detroit, Poet Carl Sandburg interrupted a Lincoln Day speech: "I'm sorry for anybody who talks of 'globaloney'. . . ." Eleanor Roosevelt could not resist. Said she: "Well, are we going to have a peaceful world or aren't we. All nations should have free access to the world's travel lanes...
Biggest blockbuster to land near Congresswoman Luce came from Britain's acrid, American-born Lady Astor (who six months ago bluntly stated her own view of Britain's self-interest as opposed to Russia): "I was horrified . . . appalled . . . shocked. . . . Clare Luce's 'globaloney' is too smart for me. It's like a very stylish and ridiculous hat. . . . Mrs. Luce does not know what the war is about. . . . People who start out to be sensational usually don't last long...