Professor Hamilton's Diary: Dec. 12, 1935

He hosts a Canadian speaker on the 'present world crisis' and the stupidity of tariffs

Today Professor Hamilton presided over a public program sponsored by the International Relations Club at Albright College and hosted a distinguished speaker from Canada, Dr. C. Douglas Booth. He came to Reading as part of a speaking tour underwritten by the Carnegie Endowment for World Peace and the Geneva Institute of International Relations.

With the world embroiled in conflicts that would eventually escalate into the largest war the world has ever seen, Booth’s warnings and recommendations were especially interesting in hindsight. Paid subscribers can read what he said about economic sanctions and tariffs, and the threat of fascism. Click below to upgrade.

A reminder, readers, that only paid subscribers will learn what happened to Professor Hamilton and his family after the diary ends on Dec. 31. Give yourself an early Christmas gift and sign up today for just $5 a month or $50 a year. That way you will also be ready to enjoy the diaries of Mrs. Ross, a Washington, D.C. matron writing about the early days of World War II in 1942; Walter E. Askew, chief of police in Newnan, Ga. in 1930; and Myra Jackson, a young farm wife and mother living in Petrey, Alabama in 1932. For various reasons, the diaries are incomplete, but each provides fascinating insights into America during those turbulent years. I am very excited to share them with subscribers!

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