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ing them, without political compromise,
our cooperation
in return for greater consideration on
their part.
Encourage Columbus-Franklin County
membership,
approximately one-third of our total,
to serve as a
nucleus of interest and activity;
these, being close at
hand can and do avail themselves of the
Museum and
Library, and should be amenable to
further interest pro-
vided something worth-while is provided
for them. Util-
ize these nearby members more freely on
committees and
as volunteer aids in Museum and Library
projects. From
such a nucleus we should be able to
extend our service
and our support to all parts of the
great State of Ohio.
The high spot of the afternoon program
and some-
thing which I am certain all of us will
appreciate is an
address entitled "A New Deal in
History," by Prof.
John W. Oliver, head of the Department
of History,
University of Pittsburgh.
A NEW DEAL IN HISTORY
AN ABSTRACT OF ADDRESS GIVEN BY DR. JOHN
W. OLIVER.
This is a day of New Deals. History and
historians are not
being overlooked. A good slogan for us
would be, "An Histori-
cal Society in every State, and in every
County of every State."
A Renewed and Sustained Interest in
State and Local His-
tory is of more lasting value than any
number of new deals in
politics or government. The New Deal in
history really started
before the brain trusts. Woodrow Wilson
turned, early in the
World War, to the historians, and sought
their help. They, more
than any other group, gave the President
the FACTS for a proper
understanding of the people with whom we
were associated as
Allies, and against whom we waged war as
enemies. Our histor-
ians, better than all others, understood
the background of these
peoples, their life habits, their
psychology, their moods and their
desires, and they were able to interpret
these to the President, the