Public opinion and the teaching of history in the United States

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[854] Ibid., p. 25.

[855] Ibid., p. 26.

[856] Ibid., p. 23.

[857] Ibid., p. 170. Willis Mason West is mentioned. Ibid., p. 160.

[858] The New York Times, December 7, 1921. Hirshfield, op. cit., p. 7.

[859] Ibid., p. 8.

[860] The New York Times, December 11, 1921.

[861] Ibid., December 8, 1921. Mr. Hirshfield is alleged to have said that the investigation had been planned for several months but had been “postponed to forestall the cry that it was to get Irish votes.” Ibid.

[862] Hirshfield, op. cit.

[863] Joseph T. Griffin, the author of American History Must It be Rewritten to Preserve Our Foreign Friendships? Cited in the discussion of the Knights of Columbus movement.