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'''''Scribner's Commentator''''' self-described as '''''The National Magazine for an Independent American Destiny''''' was a leading [[isolationist]] publication and the unofficial voice of the [[America First Committee]]. It appeared from November 1939 to January 1942. The journal was the result of the 1939 merger of ''[[Scribner's]]'' owned by the publisher [[Charles Scribner’s Sons]] and ''[[Commentator]]'' owned by [[Charles S. Payson]], president of [[Payson Publishing Company]].<ref>''The Conservative Press in Twentieth-Century America'', by Ronald Lora, William Henry Longton, page 273</ref> The primary mission of ''Scribner's Commentator'' was to counter the liberal Jewish-dominated interventionist media.<ref>''The American Axis'', by Max Wallace, page 255</ref> Although the publication was seen as primarily political about half of the articles were devoted to nature stories and human interest features.<ref>''The Conservative Press in Twentieth-century America'' edited by Ronald Lora, William Henry Longton, page 274</ref>
'''''Scribner's Commentator''''' [[self]]-described as '''''The National Magazine for an Independent [[American]] Destiny''''' was a leading [[isolationist]] publication and the unofficial voice of the [[America First Committee]]. It appeared from November 1939 to January 1942. The journal was the result of the 1939 merger of ''[[Scribner's]]'' owned by the publisher [[Charles Scribner’s Sons]] and ''[[Commentator]]'' owned by [[Charles S. Payson]], president of [[Payson Publishing Company]].<ref>''[[The Conservative]] Press in Twentieth-Century [[America]]'', by Ronald Lora, William Henry Longton, page 273</ref> The primary mission of ''Scribner's Commentator'' was to counter the [[liberal]] [[jewish]]-dominated interventionist media.<ref>''The American Axis'', by Max Wallace, page 255</ref> Although the publication was seen as primarily [[political]] about half of the articles were devoted to [[nature]] [[stories]] and human interest features.<ref>''The Conservative Press in Twentieth-century America'' edited by Ronald Lora, William Henry Longton, page 274</ref>


[[Douglas M. Stewart]] was the day-to-day publisher although his cousin banker [[Jeremiah Milbank]] who helped to finance the operation was considered the co-publisher. [[Francis Rufus Bellamy]] was the first editor with [[Lowell Thomas]] as assistant editor.  By the middle of 1940 both Bellamy and Thomas were replaced by [[George Eggleston]].  
[[Douglas M. Stewart]] was the day-to-day publisher although his cousin banker [[Jeremiah Milbank]] who helped to finance the operation was considered the co-publisher. [[Francis Rufus Bellamy]] was the first editor with [[Lowell Thomas]] as assistant editor.  By the middle of 1940 both Bellamy and Thomas were replaced by [[George Eggleston]].  


==Move to Lake Geneva==
==Move to Lake Geneva==
In July 1941 the offices and staff of ten moved the publication from New York to [[Lake Geneva, Wisconsin]], a popular retreat for wealthy [[Gentiles]]. The building that held the new offices was a remolded blacksmith’s shop. The move was necessary since while in New York, the publication had received considerable harassment from the communist-leaning paper ''[[PM (newspaper)|PM]]'' in addition to stolen correspondence from the US mail.<ref>''Roosevelt, Churchill, and the World War II Opposition'', by George T. Eggleston, page 101</ref>  
In July 1941 the offices and staff of ten moved the publication from New York to [[Lake Geneva, Wisconsin]], a popular retreat for wealthy [[Gentiles]]. The building that held the new offices was a remolded blacksmith’s shop. The move was necessary since while in New York, the publication had received considerable harassment from the [[communist]]-leaning paper ''[[PM (newspaper)|PM]]'' in addition to stolen correspondence from the US mail.<ref>''[[Roosevelt]], Churchill, and the [[World War II]] Opposition'', by George T. Eggleston, page 101</ref>  


After the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] Scribner's Commentator cease publication. There is speculation the issue prepared before [[December 7]] was never mailed and a final "Win the War" January 1942 issue was quickly put together and sent to subscribers.<ref>[http://www.ecphorizer.com/EPS/site_page.php?page=585&issue=38] Notes of a Magaziner X by  
After the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] Scribner's Commentator cease publication. There is speculation the issue prepared before [[December 7]] was never mailed and a final "Win the War" January 1942 issue was quickly put together and sent to subscribers.<ref>[http://www.ecphorizer.com/EPS/site_page.php?page=585&issue=38] Notes of a Magaziner X by  
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===B===
===B===
* [[Owen Baldwin]], "Latin American Markets" (November 1941)
* [[Owen Baldwin]], "[[Latin]] American Markets" (November 1941)
* Gov. [[Raymond E. Baldwin]]
* Gov. [[Raymond E. Baldwin]]
* [[Alva O. Bitner]], "The American Farmer Speaks" (December 1941)
* [[Alva O. Bitner]], "The American Farmer Speaks" (December 1941)
* [[Blair Bolles]]
* [[Blair Bolles]]
* [[Douglas Borgstedt]], "Off Too War"; "At The Mercy Of The Wheel"  
* [[Douglas Borgstedt]], "Off Too War"; "At The [[Mercy]] Of The Wheel"  
* [[Victor Hugo Boesen]], "They Sell Dinosaur Tracks"  
* [[Victor Hugo Boesen]], "They Sell Dinosaur Tracks"  
* [[Boris Brasol]], "Aid to Stalin--Incredible" (November 1941)
* [[Boris Brasol]], "Aid to [[Stalin]]--Incredible" (November 1941)
* [[Nicholas Broughton]], "America in a Hostile World" (November 1940)
* [[Nicholas Broughton]], "America in a Hostile World" (November 1940)


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* Sen. [[Bennett Champ Clark]]
* Sen. [[Bennett Champ Clark]]
* Sen. [[D. Worth Clark]], "The Men behind Our War Scare" (September 1940)
* Sen. [[D. Worth Clark]], "The Men behind Our War Scare" (September 1940)
* [[Miriam Marsh Clark]], "Government by Gallop" (September 1941)  
* [[Miriam Marsh Clark]], "[[Government]] by Gallop" (September 1941)  
* [[George H. Cless, Jr.]], "The William Allen White Reign of Terror" (December 1940)
* [[George H. Cless, Jr.]], "The William Allen [[White]] Reign of Terror" (December 1940)
* [[Carl Crow]]
* [[Carl Crow]]


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===F===
===F===
* [[John T. Flynn]], "Radio--Interventionism’s Trump" (April 1941) "Nazi Economy--A Threat?" (August 1941)
* [[John T. Flynn]], "Radio--Interventionism’s [[Trump]]" (April 1941) "[[Nazi]] Economy--A Threat?" (August 1941)
* [[Henry Ford]], "An American Foreign Policy" (December 1940)
* [[Henry Ford]], "An American Foreign Policy" (December 1940)
* Rev. [[Harry Emerson Fosdick]], "Are We Fit for Democracy?" (January 1941)
* Rev. [[Harry Emerson Fosdick]], "Are We Fit for [[Democracy]]?" (January 1941)
===G===
===G===
* [[Virginio Gayda]] (May 1941)
* [[Virginio Gayda]] (May 1941)
* [[Lillian Gish]], "I Made War Propaganda" (November 1941)
* [[Lillian Gish]], "I Made War [[Propaganda]]" (November 1941)
* [[William Griffin]], "When Churchill Said Keep Out!" (February 1941)  
* [[William Griffin]], "When Churchill Said Keep Out!" (February 1941)  
===H===
===H===
* Major General [[Johnson Hagood]],  "When We Invade Japan" (June 1940) "Shake-Up The Generals?" (August 1941)
* Major General [[Johnson Hagood]],  "When We Invade [[Japan]]" (June 1940) "Shake-Up The Generals?" (August 1941)
* [[William Hague]], "Should We Feed Europe?" (January 1941)
* [[William Hague]], "Should We Feed [[Europe]]?" (January 1941)
* [[Albert Hall]], "Cecil Rhodes: Father of 'Union Now'" (June 1941)  "Reviewing the Refugee Problem" (September 1941)
* [[Albert Hall]], "Cecil [[Rhodes]]: Father of 'Union Now'" (June 1941)  "Reviewing the Refugee Problem" (September 1941)
* [[Abbott Hamilton]], "Refugee Scholars and American Education" (December 1941)
* [[Abbott Hamilton]], "Refugee Scholars and American Education" (December 1941)
* Lieutenant [[Herbert W. Hass]], "The Scarface Man"  
* Lieutenant [[Herbert W. Hass]], "The Scarface Man"  
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* [[Maurice Hindus]]
* [[Maurice Hindus]]
* Rev. [[John Haynes Holmes]]
* Rev. [[John Haynes Holmes]]
* Sen. [[Rush D. Holt]], "Patriotism in Rearmament" (November 1940)  "Is Churchill Good Enough for Roosevelt?" (July 1941)
* Sen. [[Rush D. Holt]], "[[Patriotism]] in Rearmament" (November 1940)  "Is Churchill Good Enough for Roosevelt?" (July 1941)
* [[Graeme K. Howard]],  "America and a New World Order"  
* [[Graeme K. Howard]],  "America and a [[New World Order]]"  
* [[Frazier Hunt]], "A Lesson in Propaganda" (October 1940)
* [[Frazier Hunt]], "A Lesson in Propaganda" (October 1940)
* [[Robert Maynard Hutchins]], "The Proposition Is Peace" (July 1941)
* [[Robert Maynard Hutchins]], "The Proposition Is [[Peace]]" (July 1941)


===J===
===J===
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===L===
===L===
* Hon. [[Phillip LaFollette]], "The Arsenal Of Dying Europe?"
* Hon. [[Phillip LaFollette]], "The Arsenal Of Dying Europe?"
* [[Stanton B. Leeds]], "Chambrum--Soldier of France" (January 1941)  "The Real Pétain" (July 1941)
* [[Stanton B. Leeds]], "Chambrum--Soldier of [[France]]" (January 1941)  "The [[Real]] Pétain" (July 1941)
* Col. [[George Chase Lewis]], "The Truth About our Air Defenses" (July 1940)
* Col. [[George Chase Lewis]], "The [[Truth]] About our Air Defenses" (July 1940)
* [[Fulton Lewis, Jr.]], "The Barter Theatre" Vol.8 #3
* [[Fulton Lewis, Jr.]], "The Barter Theatre" Vol.8 #3
* Col. [[Charles Lindbergh]], "Impregnable America" (January 1941); "Lindbergh for the Record" (August 1941); "Time Lies with Us" (November 1941); "A Plea for American Independence"  
* Col. [[Charles Lindbergh]], "Impregnable America" (January 1941); "Lindbergh for the Record" (August 1941); "[[Time]] Lies with Us" (November 1941); "A Plea for American [[Independence]]"  
* [[Philips H. Lord]]
* [[Philips H. Lord]]
* [[Mrs. Ernest Lundeen]], "My Husband, Senator Lundeen"
* [[Mrs. Ernest Lundeen]], "My Husband, Senator Lundeen"
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* Col. [[Robert R. McCormick]], "Can America Fight in Europe?" (February 1941)  
* Col. [[Robert R. McCormick]], "Can America Fight in Europe?" (February 1941)  
* [[J. P. McEvoy]], "Young Man With A Camera" (August 1940); "Dickinson--The Sin Buster"  
* [[J. P. McEvoy]], "Young Man With A Camera" (August 1940); "Dickinson--The Sin Buster"  
* [[Wheeler McMillan]] and [[Frank Chodorov]], "Hitler--Economic Threat?" (March 1941)
* [[Wheeler McMillan]] and [[Frank Chodorov]], "[[Hitler]]--Economic Threat?" (March 1941)
* [[Graham McNamee]]
* [[Graham McNamee]]
* [[Robert A. Millikan]] ([[Nobel Laureate]])
* [[Robert A. Millikan]] ([[Nobel Laureate]])
* [[J. T. Moll]], "Fool’s Gold"  
* [[J. T. Moll]], "Fool’s Gold"  
* [[Kenneth Monroe]], "British Propaganda: 1940 Version" (November 1940) "Freemasonry--A Study in Contrasts" (June 1941)
* [[Kenneth Monroe]], "British Propaganda: 1940 Version" (November 1940) "[[Freemasonry]]--A Study in Contrasts" (June 1941)
* [[Helen Morgan]], "You Might As Well Give Up" (August 1940)  
* [[Helen Morgan]], "You Might As Well Give Up" (August 1940)  
* [[Gerald W. Movius]], "Comic Strip Propaganda" (November 1941)  
* [[Gerald W. Movius]], "Comic Strip Propaganda" (November 1941)  
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===N===
===N===
* [[Albert Jay Nock]], "''Out Of The Night''--A Review" (June 1941); "Review of Jawaharlal Nehru ''Toward Freedom''" (August 1941); "''You Can’t Do Business With Hitler'' --A Review" (November 1941) "A Review of National Socialism" (December 1941)
* [[Albert Jay Nock]], "''Out Of The Night''--A Review" (June 1941); "Review of Jawaharlal Nehru ''Toward [[Freedom]]''" (August 1941); "''You Can’t Do Business With Hitler'' --A Review" (November 1941) "A Review of National [[Socialism]]" (December 1941)
* Sen. [[Gerald P. Nye]]
* Sen. [[Gerald P. Nye]]


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* [[Daniel A. Reed]], "Fiscal Foolishness and Defense" (July 1940)
* [[Daniel A. Reed]], "Fiscal Foolishness and Defense" (July 1940)
* [[Don Rogers]], "Rickenbacker--Air Lines Wizard"  
* [[Don Rogers]], "Rickenbacker--Air Lines Wizard"  
* [[William G. Ryan]], "I Fought in Spain" (December 1941)
* [[William G. Ryan]], "I Fought in [[Spain]]" (December 1941)


===S===
===S===
* [[Paul R. Sanders]], "Europe’s Mildest Dictator" (November 1941)
* [[Paul R. Sanders]], "Europe’s Mildest [[Dictator]]" (November 1941)
* [[Ivan T. Sanderson]]
* [[Ivan T. Sanderson]]
* [[Porter Sargent]], "Getting Us Into War"  
* [[Porter Sargent]], "Getting Us Into War"  
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* Monsignor [[Fulton T. Sheen]]
* Monsignor [[Fulton T. Sheen]]
* [[John Selfridge]], "Hollywood Crown Colony" (January 1941)
* [[John Selfridge]], "Hollywood Crown Colony" (January 1941)
* [[Ruth Sheldon]], "Indians--Our Minority Problem" (December 1940)
* [[Ruth Sheldon]], "Indians--Our [[Minority]] Problem" (December 1940)
* [[Kate Smith]]
* [[Kate Smith]]
* [[Earl Sparling]], "Small Loans Are Big Business" (June 1941)  
* [[Earl Sparling]], "Small Loans Are Big Business" (June 1941)  
* [[Emerson L. Spencer]], "Just A Football Scapegoat" (December 1941)  
* [[Emerson L. Spencer]], "Just A Football Scapegoat" (December 1941)  
* [[Jesse Rainsford Sprague]], "Go West Young Man" (August 1940)  
* [[Jesse Rainsford Sprague]], "Go West Young Man" (August 1940)  
* [[Ollie Stewart]],  "The Negro--American Nationalist"
* [[Ollie Stewart]],  "The [[Negro]]--American [[Fascist]]"
* [[Gene Sutherland]]
* [[Gene Sutherland]]


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* Lois and [[Donald Thorburn]], "Beau Saboteurs" (June 1940)  "Dear Elmer" (August 1940)
* Lois and [[Donald Thorburn]], "Beau Saboteurs" (June 1940)  "Dear Elmer" (August 1940)
* [[Freeman Tilden]], "The New York Influence--America’s Journalistic Poison" (December 1940)
* [[Freeman Tilden]], "The New York Influence--America’s Journalistic Poison" (December 1940)
* [[Ralph Townsend]], "Japan--Our Commercial Prize" (November 1940); "Publicity Reversal Technique" (December 1941) "The High Cost of Hate"; "Mercy--Strictly Political"  
* [[Ralph Townsend]], "Japan--Our Commercial Prize" (November 1940); "[[Publicity]] Reversal Technique" (December 1941) "The High Cost of Hate"; "Mercy--Strictly Political"  
* [[Irving D. Tressler]],  "War’s Book of Etiquette" (December 1941)
* [[Irving D. Tressler]],  "War’s Book of Etiquette" (December 1941)
* [[Ray Tucker]], "Johnson’s Johnson Act" (February 1941)
* [[Ray Tucker]], "Johnson’s Johnson Act" (February 1941)
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* Gen. [[Robert E. Wood]], "War or Peace--America’s Decision"
* Gen. [[Robert E. Wood]], "War or Peace--America’s Decision"
* [[Thomas Wood]], "My Morning With Radio" (January 1941)
* [[Thomas Wood]], "My Morning With Radio" (January 1941)
* [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], "The American Quality: In Search of American Architecture--With Frank Lloyd Wright" (October 1941)  
* [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], "The American [[Quality]]: In Search of American Architecture--With Frank Lloyd Wright" (October 1941)  
* [[Roger Wylie]], "Latin America--Economic Pawn" (May 1941)
* [[Roger Wylie]], "[[Latin America]]--Economic Pawn" (May 1941)


===Y===
===Y===
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==Notes==
==Notes==
<small><references/></small>
<small>{{Reflist|2}}</small>


==See also==
==See also==
* ''[[The Awakener]]''
* ''[[The Awakener]]''
* ''[[Today's Challenge]]''
* ''[[Today's Challenge]]''
* [[List of American Nationalist publications]]
* [[List of American Fascist publications]]


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6axQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vyIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1472,2817237&dq=george-eggleston+commentator&hl=en "A New Home for Scribner's" ''The Milwaukee Journal'', May 22, 1941, page 13]
* [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6axQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vyIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1472,2817237&dq=george-eggleston+commentator&hl=en "A New Home for Scribner's" ''The Milwaukee Journal'', May 22, 1941, page 13]
* [http://www.unz.org/Pub/NewMasses-1941oct14-00003 "Secrets of America First’s Propaganda" ''The New Masses'', October 14, 1941, page 3]  
* [http://www.unz.org/Pub/NewMasses-1941oct14-00003 "Secrets of America First’s Propaganda" ''The New Masses'', October 14, 1941, page 3]


[[Category:publications]]
[[Category:Media]]
[[Category:Isolationist publications]]
[[Category:Magazines]]

Latest revision as of 10:06, 2 March 2024

Scribner's Commentator self-described as The National Magazine for an Independent American Destiny was a leading isolationist publication and the unofficial voice of the America First Committee. It appeared from November 1939 to January 1942. The journal was the result of the 1939 merger of Scribner's owned by the publisher Charles Scribner’s Sons and Commentator owned by Charles S. Payson, president of Payson Publishing Company.[1] The primary mission of Scribner's Commentator was to counter the liberal jewish-dominated interventionist media.[2] Although the publication was seen as primarily political about half of the articles were devoted to nature stories and human interest features.[3]

Douglas M. Stewart was the day-to-day publisher although his cousin banker Jeremiah Milbank who helped to finance the operation was considered the co-publisher. Francis Rufus Bellamy was the first editor with Lowell Thomas as assistant editor. By the middle of 1940 both Bellamy and Thomas were replaced by George Eggleston.

Move to Lake Geneva

In July 1941 the offices and staff of ten moved the publication from New York to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, a popular retreat for wealthy Gentiles. The building that held the new offices was a remolded blacksmith’s shop. The move was necessary since while in New York, the publication had received considerable harassment from the communist-leaning paper PM in addition to stolen correspondence from the US mail.[4]

After the attack on Pearl Harbor Scribner's Commentator cease publication. There is speculation the issue prepared before December 7 was never mailed and a final "Win the War" January 1942 issue was quickly put together and sent to subscribers.[5] Subscribers were offered a refund on their remaining subscription or the option of receiving DeWitt Wallace’s Reader's Digest.[6] In the past Reader's Digest reprinted several articles from Scribner's Commentator.

Scribner's Commentator had a circulation of 30,000.[7] Its sister publication was the weekly newspaper, The Herald.

Contributors

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  • Albert Jay Nock, "Out Of The Night--A Review" (June 1941); "Review of Jawaharlal Nehru Toward Freedom" (August 1941); "You Can’t Do Business With Hitler --A Review" (November 1941) "A Review of National Socialism" (December 1941)
  • Sen. Gerald P. Nye

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Sources

  • The Conservative Press in Twentieth-Century America, by Ronald Lora, William Henry Longton, pages 279-281
  • Roosevelt, Churchill, and the World War II Opposition, by George T. Eggleston, page 235

Notes

  1. ↑ The Conservative Press in Twentieth-Century America, by Ronald Lora, William Henry Longton, page 273
  2. ↑ The American Axis, by Max Wallace, page 255
  3. ↑ The Conservative Press in Twentieth-century America edited by Ronald Lora, William Henry Longton, page 274
  4. ↑ Roosevelt, Churchill, and the World War II Opposition, by George T. Eggleston, page 101
  5. ↑ [1] Notes of a Magaziner X by Paul W. Healy
  6. ↑ Roosevelt, Churchill, and the World War II Opposition, by George T. Eggleston, page 156
  7. ↑ The Conservative Press in Twentieth-Century America, by Ronald Lora, William Henry Longton, page 398

See also

External links

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