Sociology of Bushies: After Meritocracy

Shane T Taylor s-t-t at juno.com
Sun Feb 4 15:23:27 PST 2001


John Mage writes:


> Here's the description of the issue from the viewpoint of a recent
> historian of the ACLU - Samuel Walker, _In Defense of American
> Liberties_ (Oxford Univ. Press, 1990) at p.56:
>
> "An embittered President Wilson refused to make any concessions
> to political prisoners, though after the 1920 elections some
> administration officils released imprisoned COs through
> commutation. Amnesty for the Espionage Act cases was far more
> difficult, and the campaign dragged on for years. Republican
> President Warren G. Harding expressed sympathy and
> met with ACLU representatives Norman Thomas and Albert
> DeSilver in April 1921.

Is that the same Norman Thomas that ran for prez as a socialist in 1932?

-- Shane

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