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==Political career==

==Political career==

[[File:Southern Democrat filibuster of anti-lynching legislation.png|thumb|left|320px|Liberal segregationist senators [[Tom Connally]], [[Walter F. George]], [[Richard Russell, Jr.]], and Claude Pepper filibustering an anti-lynching bill in 1938.]]

[[File:Southern Democrat filibuster of anti-lynching legislation.png|thumb|left|320px|Liberal segregationist senators [[Tom Connally]], [[Walter F. George]], [[Richard Russell, Jr.]], and Claude Pepper filibustering an anti-lynching bill in 1938.]]

After one term as a state representative, Pepper won the 1936 [[special election]] to succeed Senator Duncan U. Fletcher. Pepper was a strong advocate for the [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] administration and backed the passage of the [[Fair Labor Standards Act]] of 1938, the last of the major [[New Deal]] legislation. He also opposed anti-lynching legislation to appease Southern racists, vowing for maintaining [[white supremacy]] following the [[Supreme Court]] ruling in ''Smith v. Allwright'' that banned [[white primary]] elections.<ref>Mormino, Gar R. (October 30, 2020). [https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2020/10/30/the-strange-career-of-claude-pepper-column/ The strange career of Claude Pepper | Column]. ''Tampa Bay Times''. Retrieved February 25, 2021.</ref>   

After one term as a state representative, Pepper won the 1936 [[special election]] to succeed Senator Duncan U. Fletcher. Pepper was a strong advocate for the [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] administration and backed the passage of the [[Fair Labor Standards Act]] of 1938, the last of the major [[New Deal]] legislation. He also opposed [[anti-lynching legislation]] of Blacks to appease Southern racists, vowing for maintaining [[white supremacy]] following the [[Supreme Court]] ruling in ''Smith v. Allwright'' that banned [[white primary]] elections.<ref>Mormino, Gar R. (October 30, 2020). [https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2020/10/30/the-strange-career-of-claude-pepper-column/ The strange career of Claude Pepper | Column]. ''Tampa Bay Times''. Retrieved February 25, 2021.</ref>   

[[Charles Kramer]], a [[KGB]] agent and member of the [[Perlo group]] of Soviet spies, transmitted to the [[Soviet Union]] vital war production and weapon design information while serving on his staff.<ref>[https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/publication/White_Notebook_No.3_Translated.pdf White Notebook #3], Translation of original notes from KGB archival files by Alexander Vassiliev between 1993-1996. Translated by Steve Shabad, reviewed and edited by Alexander Vassiliev and John Earl Haynes (2007). wilsoncenter.org</ref>  When [[World War II]] ended, Pepper was conciliatory toward [[Joseph Stalin]] despite Stalin's broken promise to [[President Franklin Roosevelt]] to hold democratic elections and respect the right of self-determination of peoples. Pepper opposed Truman's policy of [[Containment]] to stop the spread of Soviet Communism.  Pepper supported [[progressive]] [[Henry Wallace]] against [[Harry Truman]] for president in 1948.  

[[Charles Kramer]], a [[KGB]] agent and member of the [[Perlo group]] of Soviet spies, transmitted to the [[Soviet Union]] vital war production and weapon design information while serving on his staff.<ref>[https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/publication/White_Notebook_No.3_Translated.pdf White Notebook #3], Translation of original notes from KGB archival files by Alexander Vassiliev between 1993-1996. Translated by Steve Shabad, reviewed and edited by Alexander Vassiliev and John Earl Haynes (2007). wilsoncenter.org</ref>  When [[World War II]] ended, Pepper was conciliatory toward [[Joseph Stalin]] despite Stalin's broken promise to [[President Franklin Roosevelt]] to hold democratic elections and respect the right of self-determination of peoples. Pepper opposed Truman's policy of [[Containment]] to stop the spread of Soviet Communism.  Pepper supported [[progressive]] [[Henry Wallace]] against [[Harry Truman]] for president in 1948.