Labor and Liberty: The La Follette Committee and the New Deal
Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1966. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xi, [1], 246, [2] p. 24 cm. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. From an on-line posting: "Jerold S. Auerbach is Professor Emeritus of History at Wellesley College. Mr. Auerbach taught courses on the United States in the twentieth century, the history of freedom of speech, and the history of Israel. After receiving the B.A. in 1957 from Oberlin College, Jerold Auerbach attended Columbia Law School, subsequently receiving the M.A. (1959) and the Ph.D. (1965) from Columbia. He taught at Queens College and Brandeis University before joining the Wellesley College faculty in 1971. He served as director of the College's American Studies Program from 1975 to 1977, and was chair of the History Department from 1980 to 1985. Between 1978 and 1985 he was also a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School. Mr. Auerbach has been a Guggenheim Fellow and in 1974 he was Senior Fulbright Lecturer in American History at Tel Aviv University. Mr. Auerbach has also been the recipient of research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Science Research Council, the American Philosophical Society, the National Science Foundation, and the Littauer Foundation. Jerold Auerbach is a widely published author. His books include Against the Grain: A Historian's Journey (Quid Pro Books, 2012), Brothers at War: Israel and the Tragedy of the Altalena (Quid Pro Books, 2011), Hebron Jews: Memory and Conflict in the Land of Israel (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009), Explorers in Eden: Pueblo Indians and the Promised Land (New Mexico, 2006), Are We One? Jewish Identity in the United States and Israel (Rutgers, 2001), Jacob's Voices (Southern Illinois, 1996), Rabbis and Lawyers (Indiana, 1990), Justice Without Law? (Oxford, 1983), Unequal Justice (Oxford, 1976), and Labor and Liberty (Bobbs-Merrill, 1969). His articles and reviews have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Commentary, Harper's, The New Republic, The Jerusalem Post, and the Harvard Law Review." From Wikipedia: "Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette, Sr. (June 14, 1855 June 18, 1925) was an American Republican (and later a Progressive) politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was also a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1906 to 1925). He ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in 1924, carrying Wisconsin and 17% of the national popular vote. His wife Belle Case La Follette and sons Robert M. La Follette, Jr. and Philip La Follette led his political faction in Wisconsin into the 1940s. La Follette has been called "arguably the most important and recognized leader of the opposition to the growing dominance of corporations over the Government" and is one of the key figures pointed to in Wisconsin's long history of political liberalism. He is best remembered as a proponent of progressivism and a vocal opponent of railroad trusts, bossism, World War I, and the League of Nations. In 1957, a Senate Committee selected La Follette as one of the five greatest U.S. Senators, along with Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, and Robert Taft. A 1982 survey asking historians to rank the "ten greatest Senators in the nation's history" based on "accomplishments in office" and "long range impact on American history, " placed La Follette first, tied with Henry Clay. Robert La Follette is one of five outstanding senators memorialized by portraits in the Senate reception room in US Capitol. One of America's top schools for public affairs, located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison bears his name." Condition: Good in good dust jacket. Price clipped. DJ has some wear and soiling, small tears and chips.
Keywords: Robert La Follette, Heber Blankenhorn, Roger Baldwin, Civil Liberties, Anti-unionism, Espionage, Labor Relations, Wagner Act, Elbert Thomas, Dies Committee
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