“Well, you have to remember that until 1948, when Hubert Humphrey and others forced the Democratic Party to adopt a new policy on civil rights, the Democratic Party was the party of the old solid South. All of the racists, all of the Cottonhead Smith types and so on were Democrats, allies of Franklin Roosevelt - because of their seniority - of all the major committees of the Congress.” WellsRememberPartyRightsPolicyTypeMajorsDemocraticDemocratSouthCongressCivil RightsRacistAlliesCommitteesDemocratic PartyFranklinSeniority Author:William A. Rusher
“Westbrook Pegler suggested that in the period, I think the late 40s, when the investigations of Communism were opening up during the Cold War, that she ought to be called and required to testify about what she knew. I remember he said, "Would the world vanish in a blast of flame if this old woman were subpoenaed and compelled to tell what she knows about the Communist Party's activities in the United States?"” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldSaidWarStatesRememberUnitedPartyUnited StatesColdOughtPeriodsActivityLateOpeningCommunismFlamesCommunistInvestigationCold WarCompelledBlastOld WomanOpening UpCommunist Party Author:William A. Rusher
“I think the important thing to remember about the Japanese internment is the situation. We had been attacked. Maybe Roosevelt expected it - I rather think he did. I don't think he expected an attack on Pearl Harbor. I think he expected an attack on Southeast Asia. But we were attacked at Pearl Harbor” ThinkingImportantRememberSituationImportant ThingsExpectedPearlsAsiaHarborsSoutheast AsiaInternmentPearl Harbor Attack Author:William A. Rusher
“And Eleanor's husband was the man who did the interning. And I think they - Governor Warren, who was later to become such an impassioned Chief Justice on all sorts of human rights issues, was very big in the internment process. And I think that we simply sometimes tend not to understand or remember how people felt.” PeopleThinkingMenHumansSometimesBigsRememberFeltProcessJusticeIssuesRightsHe ManHusbandHuman RightsChiefsGovernorsEleanorImpassionedChief JusticeInternment Author:William A. Rusher
