William Loeb: Truman stole the election. "THE GREATEST THEFT IN HISTORY!"

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Seth Cotlar
@SethCotlar
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Jul 5, 2022
Great archive find by @itsianlynchlmao. It's a 1948 telegram that ultraconservative newspaper editor William Loeb sent to all of the state & national leaders of the GOP claiming that Truman stole the election. "THE GREATEST THEFT IN HISTORY!"
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9 THE FOLLOWING FRONT PAGE EDITORIAL RAISNG THE QUESTION OF
THE NOVEMBER 2 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HAVING BEEN STOLEN AND
CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE RECOUNT IN THE KEY STATES OF
ILLINOIS, CALIFORNIA AND OHIO WILL APPEAR IN TOMORROWIS
(MONDAYIS) NEW HAMPSHIRE MORNING UNION, THE GRANITE STATE'S
LARGEST DAILY NEWSPAPER THIS TELEGRAM IS BEING SENT TO ALL
NATIONAL COMMITTEEMEN AND STATE CHAIRMEN MAY WE HAVE
YOUR COMMENT.
9 THE GREATEST THEFT IN HISTORY?
9 AS THE SMOKE OF THE NOVEMBER 2ND ELECTION CLEARS A WAY
IT NOW LOOKS AS IF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES WAS
NOT WON BUT WAS STOLEN BY THE RUTHLESS BIG CITY BOSSES IN
THE KEY STATES OF OHIO,
ILLiNOIS AND CALIFORNIAS
9 AN "ERROR" OF 10,518 DEWEY VOTES PREVIOUSLY UNCOUNTED
HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN CLEVELAND NOW PLACING DEWEY WITHIN
3,444 VOTES OF CARRYING OHIO. HOW MANY MORE MERRORS" ARE
THERE IN THE COUNT OF THE
VOTE IN
THERE SHOULD BE AN
IMMEDIATE HONEST RECOUNT OF THE
VOTE IN THESE KEY STATES WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMAN WON BY ONLY
SLIGHT MARGINS'*
9
IT IS OUR SINCERE BELIEF THAT AN HONEST RECOUNT WOULD
PLACE THE 78 ELECTORAL VOTES IN THESE STATES IN THE DEWEY
COLUMN THUS GIVING PRESIDENCY TO THE NOYE GOVERNORS
q
IT IS GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP TO ABIDE BY THE RESULTS OF
AN ELECTION HONESTLY WONT BUT IT IS NOT GOOD CITIZENSHIP
TO SIT BY WITHOUT PROTEST
WHEN AN ELECTION HAS BEEN STOLEN.
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THE THEFT OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES IS
THIEVERY ON SUCH A HUGE
SCALE AS TO BE ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE
THEREFORE IN THE UPSET OF THE ELECTION THIS POSSIBILITY
HA
BEEN LARGELY OVERLOOKED*
YET WHAT IS ACTUALLY MORE LOGICAL? PRESNT TRUMAN
HIMSELF IS THE PRODUCT OF THE KANSAS CITY MACHINE OF BOSS
PENDERGAST WHO ENDED UP
IN JAIL FOR HIS ACTIVITIES AND
TRUMAN WAS THE 1944 VICE
PRESIDENTIAL CHOICE OF THE BIG CI
DEMOCRATIC BOSSES WHO PERSUADED PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO DI
HENRY WALLACE=
THESE BIG CITY DEMOCRATIC BOSSES HAVE BEEN STEALING
LOCAL ELECTIONS FOR YEARS WHAT WOULD BE MORE NATURAL THAN
FOR THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CLOSE NATIONAL
ELECTION
| TO STEAL THE PRESIDENCY iTSELF?
9 BY NOW EVERYONE KNOWS THAT HARRY TRUMAN IS A NICE
FAMILY MAN FROM INDEPENDENCE MISSOURIAND THAT HE IS A
MIGHTY GAME- SCRAPPER BUT HE ALSO IS THE UNCONSCIOUS
PRISONER OF THE SLIMIEST MONSTERS OF AMERICAN POLITICAL
LIFE, THE BIG CITY BOSSES OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL
THESE BOSSES NOW USE THEIR STOLEN VICTORY TO GAIN THEIR
GANGSTER OBJECTIVES?
q PRESIDENT TRUMAN SHOULD WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT
THE VOTE IN OHIO,
ILLINO IS AND CALIFORNIAS
9 YET REGARDLESS OF HOW TRUMAN OR DEVEY FEEL ABOUT A
RECOUNT, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE» IN THESE DANGEROUS DAYS,
ARE ENTITLED TO KNOW THE FACTS ABOUT THEIR PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION
9 ONLY AN IMMEDIATE AND HONEST RECOUNT OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION VOTE IN OHIO, ILLINOIS AND CALIFORNIA
CAN GIVE THEM THOSE FACTS.=
WILLIAM LOEB NH MORNING UNION.

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"AN 'ERROR' OF 10,518 DEWEY VOTES PREVIOUSLY UNCOUNTED HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN CLEVELAND NOW PLACING DEWEY WITHIN 3,444 VOTES OF CARRYING OHIO. HOW MANY MORE 'ERRORS' ARE
THERE IN THE COUNT OF THE VOTE IN OTHER OHIO CITIES? HOW MANY MORE 'ERRORS' IN ILLINOIS AND CALIFORNIA?"
8:37 PM · Jul 5, 2022

[dalton99a]

1. What JFK said about that piece of shit

“I believe there is probably a more irresponsible newspaper than that one right over there. But I’ve been through 40 states and I have not found it yet. I believe that there is a publisher who has less regard for the truth than William Loeb, but I can’t think of his name.”

[Make7]

2. Only one paper was brave enough to print the truth!