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Reception (1)

What the press and public understood candidates to stand for — versus what they said.

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Norman Thomas 1936 · election_returnsaccuratesalience mediumev A David Lawrence, Evening Star 1936-11-10 · re: Keep the Socialist vote independent; chide the La Follettes for handing Roosevelt 'everything on a silver platter'

Socialist sympathizers 'probably joined the Roosevelt movement in large numbers rather than waste their votes.'

Persons in sympathy with the Socialist point of view, for Instance, probably joined the Roosevelt move ment in large numbers rather than waste their votes.