1938 New York Republican Primary event
also: the month-long primary campaign
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Allen Dulles briefly threw himself into the political arena in August of 1938 when he declared himself a candidate in the Republican primary in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Like Foster, who later ran a similarly ill-fated campaign for U.S. …
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imbued with a sense of public service, but in their minds, democracy was something to be saved from the demos. Democracy works only if so-called intelligent people make it work, Allen said. You can't sit back and let democracy run itself. D…
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He volunteered for charities. But there was no passion in Dulles' campaign. His speeches were stilted and his debate for performance was lawyerly. The month-long primary campaign pitted Dulles against the incumbent, a conservative Democrat …