U.S. At War: Two Out, One to Go

Three prime reactionaries, three prime Roosevelt-haters, three prime pre-Pearl Harbor isolationists are the Messrs. Tink ham, Rich and Fish: George Holden Tinkham of Massachusetts, Robert Fleming Rich of Pennsylvania, Hamilton Fish of New York.

Last week Washington heard that Messrs. Tinkham and Rich were retiring from the House of Representatives, and that Mr. Fish was in such deep political trouble that he might not win back his seat this autumn.

Owner of the scraggliest beard in Congress, George Tinkham has been stalking Roosevelt for nine years, hating the White House and all its...

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