James Renshaw Cox
Toronto Daily Star, 20 August 1932
The reference to "blue shirts" and the Hitler-like salute seem ominous, but James Renshaw Cox (1886-1951) was not a fascist: he was a priest and a pro-labour activist. In 1932, Cox led 25,000 jobless men from Pennsylvania to Washington, D.C., which was the largest demonstration in the United States capital city to that time.
He eventually withdrew from the race for president, throwing his support behind Democratic candidate Franklin Roosevelt. He became known as "The Pastor Of The Poor".
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