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Following the disastrous air mail policies of the Roosevelt in 1934, Rogers condemned the presidential administration:<ref>Fascinating Politics (September 8, 2021). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2021/09/08/fdrs-air-mail-fiasco/ FDR’s Air Mail Fiasco]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref>
 
Following the disastrous air mail policies of the Roosevelt in 1934, Rogers condemned the presidential administration:<ref>Fascinating Politics (September 8, 2021). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2021/09/08/fdrs-air-mail-fiasco/ FDR’s Air Mail Fiasco]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref>
 
{{cquote|The story of the air mail will be written in blood on the record of the Roosevelt Administration.}}
 
{{cquote|The story of the air mail will be written in blood on the record of the Roosevelt Administration.}}
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During the 1930s, Rogers was among the earliest steadfast opponents of [[fascism]], denouncing [[Nazi]] racial bigotry.<ref name=history.house.govbio/> She co-sponsored the Wagner-Rogers bill along with [[New York]] senator Robert F. Wagner in 1939 to help Jewish children in Nazi Germany flee to the [[United States]] for safety; the legislation failed to pass the Senate due to being blocked by anti-Semitic North Carolina senator Robert R. Reynolds.
 
During the 1930s, Rogers was among the earliest steadfast opponents of [[fascism]], denouncing [[Nazi]] racial bigotry.<ref name=history.house.govbio/> She co-sponsored the Wagner-Rogers bill along with [[New York]] senator Robert F. Wagner in 1939 to help Jewish children in Nazi Germany flee to the [[United States]] for safety; the legislation failed to pass the Senate due to being blocked by anti-Semitic North Carolina senator Robert R. Reynolds.
  
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