FDR Leads Nation In Protest Against Nazi Persecutions (1938)
1938 · Newsreel · 2 min
Synopsis
(1) "Washington, DC: Pres. Roosevelt follows up a statement deploring anti-Jewish rioting in Germany by calling Ambassador Hugh Wilson home to discuss the situation." (no sound of FDR) (2) "Palo Alto, CA: Former Pres. Herbert Hoover expresses indignation at the 'brutal intolerance' of the Nazis and predicts their 'moral isolation.' (3) Father Robert I. Gannon, President of Fordham University and (4) Methodist-Episcopal Bishop Edwin H. Hughes raise their voices against the outbreaks of violence and hate." sound of Hoover and Gannon and Hughes speaking in the partial newsreel.
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