| | As the [[Presidential election of 1944]] approached Browder and [[Sidney Hillman]] teamed up to capture the [[American Labor Party]]. Hilman’s [[Council of Industrial Organizations]] (CIO) enjoyed a favored position before [[Franklin Roosevelt]]’s [[National Labor Relations Board]]. | | As the [[Presidential election of 1944]] approached Browder and [[Sidney Hillman]] teamed up to capture the [[American Labor Party]]. Hilman’s [[Council of Industrial Organizations]] (CIO) enjoyed a favored position before [[Franklin Roosevelt]]’s [[National Labor Relations Board]]. |
| | Between the crucial years of 1943 and 1949 some 30 books on the general political situation in China were published in the United States. Of these, 23 were pro-[[Maoist]] and seven were anti-Communist. Several of the pro-Maoist books are noted here: | | Between the crucial years of 1943 and 1949 some 30 books on the general political situation in China were published in the United States. Of these, 23 were pro-[[Maoist]] and seven were anti-Communist. Several of the pro-Maoist books are noted here: |
| | The incestuous relationship of Communist [[propagandist]]s can be seen when Lattimore's book ''Solution in Asia'' was reviewed in the ''New York Times''<ref>''New York Times Weekly Book Review'', February 25, 1945.</ref> by Edgar Snow. Another of Lattimore's books a short time earlier recieved accolades from Edgar Snow's wife, [[Nym Wales]], in the ''Saturday Review of Literature''.<ref>''Saturday Review of Literature'', March 25, 1944.</ref> In the ''Herald-Tribune''<ref>''New York Herald-Tribune Books of the Week'', February 25, 1945.</ref> A. T. Steele said Lattimore's book was one which "belongs in the brief case of every diplomat and general concerned with the reshaping of Asia." [[T. A. Bisson]], also arrested in the ''Amerasia'' scandal, wrote in the ''Saturday Review of Literature'', "The breath of the future blows through . . . this stimulating review of Far Eastern issues."<ref>''Saturday Review of Literature'', March 10, 1945.</ref> | | The incestuous relationship of Communist [[propagandist]]s can be seen when Lattimore's book ''Solution in Asia'' was reviewed in the ''New York Times''<ref>''New York Times Weekly Book Review'', February 25, 1945.</ref> by Edgar Snow. Another of Lattimore's books a short time earlier recieved accolades from Edgar Snow's wife, [[Nym Wales]], in the ''Saturday Review of Literature''.<ref>''Saturday Review of Literature'', March 25, 1944.</ref> In the ''Herald-Tribune''<ref>''New York Herald-Tribune Books of the Week'', February 25, 1945.</ref> A. T. Steele said Lattimore's book was one which "belongs in the brief case of every diplomat and general concerned with the reshaping of Asia." [[T. A. Bisson]], also arrested in the ''Amerasia'' scandal, wrote in the ''Saturday Review of Literature'', "The breath of the future blows through . . . this stimulating review of Far Eastern issues."<ref>''Saturday Review of Literature'', March 10, 1945.</ref> |
| | + | Of the 23 pro-Communist book, Owen and Eleanor Lattimore, Edgar Snow and his wife Nym Wales, Agnes Smedley, Mark Gayn, [[John K. Fairbank]], [[Theodore White]] and [[Annalee Jacoby]], [[Harrison Forman]], [[Foster Rhea Dulles]], and [[Lawrence K. Rosinger]] wrote 12 and turned in 44 reviews, either touting each other's books, or blasting the 7 anti-Communist books. |