Parley on the Political Issues in the Coming Election, March 8-9, 1940

Volume includes correspondence, news releases, invitations, finances, and lecture bureau pamphlets. Also includes photographs and biographies of the speakers and abstracts of their addresses and discussions. Speakers and topics: Vito Marcantonio and Merwin K. Hart, "The Labor, Business, and Government Triangle" (text of Marcatonio and Hart speeches); Clarence A. Hathaway, "The Communists' Future Political Objectives" (text of speech); Harry W. Laidler, "The Socialists' Future Political Objectives" (text of speech); Len Decaux and John J. Egan, "The Outlook of Organized Labor" (text of speeches); Harold Brayman, "A Political Observer Views Washington;" Ernest K. Lindley, "The Capital Looks at the Nation;" Saul Forbes Rae, "The Public Opinion Polls in the Coming Election" (text of speech); Edward L. Bernays, "The Public Opinion Polls: A Critical Analysis" (text of speech); Senator Claude Pepper and Congressman Dewey Short, "The Democratic and Republican Outlooks for 1940" (text of speech); and Max Lerner, "The American Way in the Future" (text of speech).