Westbrook Pegler
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Westbrook Pegler
Francis James Westbrook Peglerwas an American journalist and writer. He was a popular columnist in the 1930s and 1940s famed for his opposition to the New Deal and labor unions. Pegler criticized every president from Herbert Hoover to FDRto Harry Trumanto John F. Kennedy. He also criticized the Supreme Court, the tax system, and labor unions. In 1962, he lost his contract with King Features Syndicate, owned by the Hearst Corporation, after he started criticizing Hearst executives. His late writing...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth2 August 1894
CityMinneapolis, MN
CountryUnited States of America
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