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Example: 0. The President of the U. S. is (1 Coolidge, 2 Roosevelt, 3 Morgan, 4 Garner, 5 Hoover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATIONAL AFFAIRS,FOREIGN NEWS,THE THEATRE OF WAR,BUSINESS & FINANCE,PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS,SCIENCE AND MEDICINE,L: U. S. FOREIGN RELATIONS | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

...could prove to him that a campaign is something both less and more than a debate, that the 45,000,000 voters, feel, as well as think, and that a crusade is perhaps not compounded of rational ideas. In 1932 Herbert Hoover told a Nevada audience on the night before Election Day: "If the thinking people of the United States go to the polls tomorrow I will be re-elected President of the United States." Thirty-three million people voted next day, but he was not reelected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: The Issue | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

...more Far Eastern colonies, Secretary Hull: 1. Put off Philippine independence-promised this January-until 1945. 2. Officially urged U. S. citizens to leave the Orient. 3. Urged Congress to rush Guam fortifications. 4. Sent 6 U. S. destroyers into the East China Sea. 5. Publicly consulted J. Edgar Hoover on the 5th Column problem in Hawaii...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATIONAL AFFAIRS,FOREIGN NEWS,THE THEATRE OF WAR,BUSINESS & FINANCE,PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS,SCIENCE AND MEDICINE,L: U. S. FOREIGN RELATIONS | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

...heard more boos, catcalls, razz-berries in more States than any other man since Herbert Hoover; he had argued with more hecklers than anyone but John Barrymore; he had had more assorted sizes and kinds of vegetables thrown at him than anyone since old Mississippi showboat days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Terribly Late | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

Three write-in candidates drew support from one voter apiece when a die-hard Republican voted for Hoover, a die-hard Democrat voted for Hull, and a die-hard monarchist, who hadn't heard of 1776, voted for George VI. About two-thirds of the House cast ballets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IF BELLBOYS WERE PEOPLE, WILLKIE WOULD WIN IN WALK | 10/11/1940 | See Source »

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