the head of a local draft word board in tennessee, a man by the name of alvin york, said that he had a problem. his small rural county needed to draft two men, but 40 boys showed up and wanted to serve. alvin york was, of course, the real life hero of the 1940 movie, "sergeant york" starring gary cooper, and in another movie called "you're in the army now" comedians jimmy and phil silvers whom my students had never heard of -- [laughter] sergeant, joined the exuberant cor rows and sang the song "i'm glad my number was called" which you can also see and hear on youtube. many people assumed that roosevelt, that fox, would delay the lottery until after the elections. he showed tremendous courage and statesmenship in going ahead with it just a few days before americans would cast their votes. the day after the lottery, he did drop in the polls. wilkie climbed up a few percentage points. pollster george gallup called the race neck-and-neck. across the country, wilkie was the favorite of almost all the nations major newspapers. the "new york times" opposed roosevelt and endorsed wilkie wri

alvin york was, of course, the real life hero of the 1940 movie, sergeant york, starring gary cooper. in another 1940 movie called "you're in the army now," comedian's jimmy and phil silvers, whom my students have never heard of -- [laughter] joined the chorus and sangs song "i'm glad my number was called" which you can also see and hear op youtube. many people assumed that roosevelt, that fox would delay the lottery until after elections, but he showed tremendous courage and statesmenship in going ahead with it just a few days before americans would cast their votes. the day after the lottery, he dropped in the polls, and wilkie climbed up a few percentage points. pollster george gallup called the rice neck-and-neck. across the country, wilkie was the favorites in the major newspapers. the "new york times" opposed a third term for roosevelt and endorsed wilkie writing that wilkie would preserve the traditional balance the american system of government. the los angeles times called wilkie the indispensable man in this time of national crisis. one of the few newspapers in the corner wa