Westbrook Pegler
Journalist, Author
1894 – 1969
Who was Westbrook Pegler?
Francis James Westbrook Pegler was 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 FDR to Harry Truman to 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 appeared sporadically in publications that included the John Birch Society's American Opinion.
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- Born
- Aug 2, 1894
Minneapolis - Also known as
- Francis James Westbrook Pegler
- Parents
- Spouses
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Ridgefield
- Minneapolis
- Died
- Jun 24, 1969
Tucson
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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