This week begins a crisis in the affairs of the U.S.an attempt to modify the Neutrality Act in Congress, coinciding with popular fears that Russia may fall. The chart below, based on the newspaper analysis of James S. Twohey Associates, tells graphically how similar crises have affected press sentiment in recent months.
The editors of the U.S. may not be able to swing the public in their train but they are influenced by the same things that influence the public, and sometimes react more swiftly. Lukewarmly debated in the election year of 1940, the issue of isolation-intervention came into its own this...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
