Robert A. Taft Opposition to WWII Entry event
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▶ 27:15
He was pushing for that. He goes back home and he becomes, this is a big name. It should be a household name. He was actually known as, quote unquote, Mr. Republican. Goes back to Ohio and becomes a U.S. Senator and serves from 1939 to 1953…
▶ 27:47
He was opposed to the Bretton Woods Agreement, which basically is the post-World War II financial system agreement made 30 miles that way from where I'm sitting. He's also one of the co-sponsors of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947, which restri…
▶ 28:17
He sought the Republican nomination for president several times. 1940 and 1948, he fell short. In 1952, he was leading. And a bunch of other movers and shakers didn't want him. So they went and convinced the very popular Eisenhower to run f…
▶ 29:18
And he is pushing from the Senate to keep us out of the war and basically damaging their investments. Fair statement? Well, a couple of things. If I'm not mistaken, he didn't want to be in NATO either. That's correct. He also didn't want us…
▶ 29:18
And he is pushing from the Senate to keep us out of the war and basically damaging their investments. Fair statement? Well, a couple of things. If I'm not mistaken, he didn't want to be in NATO either. That's correct. He also didn't want us…