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Sunday, September 2, 2012

Upton Sinclair Meets Franklin D. Roosevelt

It happened 78 years ago this week,  just after "Uppie," the former Socialist, swept the Democratic primary for governor of Califoria leading one of great grassroots movements ever,  EPIC (End Poverty in California)--and seemed headed for victory in November.  His meeting with a very friendly FDR at Hyde Park seemed to clinch the deal.  But the dirtiest, and one of the most influential, campaigns in USA history emerged to defeat him.  See trailer for my book on what led to all this:



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