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Between 1901 and 1909, White was a confidant of President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], popularized the aims of progressive Republicans in ''McClure's'' magazine, and managed political campaigns in Kansas. Then in 1912 he bolted the Republicans to help Roosevelt found the Progressive Party.

Between 1901 and 1909, White was a confidant of President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], popularized the aims of progressive Republicans in ''McClure's'' magazine, and managed political campaigns in Kansas. Then in 1912 he bolted the Republicans to help Roosevelt found the Progressive Party.

White was a reporter at the [[Versailles Conference]] in 1919 and a strong supporter of [[Woodrow Wilson]]'s proposal for the [[League of Nations]]. The League went into operation but the U.S. never joined. During the 1920s, he was critical of both the isolationism and the conservatism of the Republican

White was a reporter at the [[Versailles Conference]] in 1919 and a strong supporter of [[Woodrow Wilson]]'s proposal for the [[League of Nations]]. The League went into operation but the U.S. never joined. In the early months of 1919, [[Woodrow Wilson]], at the suggestion of [[Colonel House]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ukfWCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA150 Russia, Bolshevism, and the Versailles Peace]</ref> proposed a meeting with the [[Bolsheviks]] at Prinkipo Island off the coast of Turkey.<ref>[https://history.state.gov/milestones/1914-1920/bullitt-mission The Bullitt Mission to Soviet Russia, 1919]</ref>  As emissaries of the United States, Wilson chose the radical [[George D. Herron]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PD7xwXiTm-EC&pg=PA297 New Outlook, Volume 121], 1919</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qmgIzBotLagC&pg=PA204 A Consuming Faith: The Social Gospel and Modern American Culture]</ref> and William Allen White.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9400EFDF1139E13ABC4153DFB4668382609EDE&legacy=true W.A. WHITE FAVORS GIVING REDS ROPE; Believes Bolsheviki Should Be Allowed to Develop Their Regime in Russia. 7 PRINKIPO DELEGATES NOW British Name Canadian Premier --Italy and France Are Sending Diplomats to Parleys. W.A. WHITE FAVORS GIVING REDS ROPE], [[The New York Times]]</ref>  The Prinkipo meeting was ultimately a failure, as was the follow-up to it, the Bullitt Mission.

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In 1924, White ran for governor of Kansas as an independent on an anti-[[Ku Klux Klan]] platform, and came in third.<ref>http://www.kancoll.org/khq/1976/76_2_traylor.htm</ref>

During the 1920s, he was critical of both the isolationism and the conservatism of the Republican Party.  In 1924, White ran for governor of Kansas as an independent on an anti-[[Ku Klux Klan]] platform, and came in third.<ref>http://www.kancoll.org/khq/1976/76_2_traylor.htm</ref>

In the 1930s, although he was an early supporter of the Republican presidential nominees, [[Alf Landon]] in 1936, and [[Wendell Willkie]] in 1940, White wrote many editorials praising the social and economic reforms of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. After World War II started, while the U.S. was still neutral, White became chairman of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, and helped rally the public behind Roosevelt's program of extending aid to Britain even at the risk of war with Germany. On January 29, 1944, White died in Emporia, widely hailed as a symbol of the greatness of small-town America

In the 1930s, although he was an early supporter of the Republican presidential nominees, [[Alf Landon]] in 1936, and [[Wendell Willkie]] in 1940, White wrote many editorials praising the social and economic reforms of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. After World War II started, while the U.S. was still neutral, White became chairman of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, and helped rally the public behind Roosevelt's program of extending aid to Britain even at the risk of war with Germany. On January 29, 1944, White died in Emporia, widely hailed as a symbol of the greatness of small-town America

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