and that might be observed that the 1933 lippmann is the lippmann most historians remember, or the new deal most historians remember. the new deal that converted fear to confidence. a second voice, this voice belongs to senator james eastland of mississippi, 1944. the united states, july 1944, the united states was at war, and with more than 10 million soldiers under arms, and deciding at that moment that congress actually deciding from the period january-july 1944 how, if at all, soldiers could devote. recall that the election of 1944 took place after d-day. we had soldiers on the ground in europe, and sailors on ships throughout the pacific. how could they vote? the roosevelt administration supposed that every soldier in the field, that is, soldiers who could not get absentee ballots, should be handed a federal ballot, they could fill it in, write the name dewey or president roosevelt as their preferred candidate for office. instead, a bill sponsored by james eastland of mississippi and john rankin of mississippi passed into law. and that bill was justified by eastland in the followi