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Joseph P. Kennedy, pre-War isolationist and former Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, who declared in the spring of 1941 that "it is nonsense to say that an Axis victory spells ruin for us," last week called on his onetime friend Franklin Roosevelt. His purpose: to offer his services to his country...
...Isolated America. The committee not only represented the editors of FORTUNE but, with collaboration from various editors of TIME and LIFE, obtained over a period of several months unofficial advice and criticism from diplomats of the United Nations, U.S. officials, many an expert on world affairs, internationalist and ex-isolationist alike. Purpose: to explore the problems of post-war economic, political and social existence and arrive at thoughtful (if still debatable) conclusions...
...simple common sense. The real question is how the 3,000,000 French Canadians will vote. In 1918 there were draft riots in the Province of Quebec; there have been draft riots there again this year; and the plebiscite will add little to national unity if the French vote isolationist and Quebec turns thumbs down on conscription...
With rant, doubletalk and repetitious exaggeration, Mostel achieves a weirdly intelligent satire. His first efforts for Basin Street pleased the studio audience more than they did radio listeners, but Mostel, new to the microphone, last week reduced his dependence on pantomime. Some of his established impersonations: an isolationist Senator ("What the hell was Hawaii doing in the Pacific?"); Charles Boyer cooing to Hedy Lamarr ; Hitler explaining his withdrawal from Russia...
...have attached themselves to the G.O.P. bandwagon during the last two or three years. The Hitler-sympathizing leaders in this country, from Coughlin to Pelley, have joined Republican ranks at election time thinking that the best way to foster their cause, for the inoment, was to back the most isolationist major Party. This was a marriage few Republicans liked, and now, at least for the time being, they have broken it. But these same insidious forces will be watchfully waiting to use the Party best suited to serve their purposes in the future...