Talk:Alan Cranston

Quotes

Regarding this quote:

• Alan Cranston understood power not as a reflection of status but as a tool with a purpose. - Sen. Joseph Biden (December 31, 2000 on Meet the Press)

I got these two comments on my talk page.

Alan Cranston

• This quote should probably go to wikiquote. Rkevins82 17:08, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

• • I am moving it. What is the source? Rkevins82 17:22, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm glad the quote is still referenced on this page.evrik

Alma Mater

The main text of the article states that Cranston attended Pomona College, but the sidebar summary has one of his alma maters listed as California Polytechnic University, Pomona. These are two different schools. Which one is it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.107.17.132 (talk) 08:03, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

I noticed the inconsistency in College names as well. The Wikipedia entry for Pomona College (The private college in Claremont) lists Cranston as alumni but there isn't any cite except the link to the Alan Cranston page on Wikipedia. His obituary at the Guardian (Linked in the entry) doesn't mention either college but does mention Stanford and the University in Mexico. His Wikipedia entry says he graduated from Stanford in 1936. If this date is accurate he could not have attended CSU Pomona because it was established in 1938. So the question that remains is "Did Cranston attend Pomona College at all, and for how long?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Qwy47 (talk • contribs) 02:35, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Religion

What religion was Cranston? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.162.81 (talk) 11:48, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Why does this matter, unless he made a point of it?Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:03, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

It matters because it may reflect upon his motives and personal philosophy. This page says he was a protestant: http://www.nndb.com/people/639/000064447/ 173.74.85.90 (talk) 00:56, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

The Eagles and Bill Simmons

Just want to note that Bill Simmons questions why this page does not mention Cranston's role in the dissolution of The Eagles in a widely-read article published here: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9562051/the-eagles-greatest-hit

I do think the anecdote is notable to Senator Cranston and added a referenced summary of it in the context of his 1980 reelection. The event is discussed in greater length on The Eagles page, as it should be. Future editors please be mindful that the subject of this article is Senator Cranston, who is notable in his own right, and not The Eagles. -Thomas Craven (talk) 22:14, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

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Cranston Amendment

Perhaps I'm mistaken, but isn't this the gentleman who proposed the Cranston Amendment requiring US federal funding of Israel never fall below the debt Israel owes (or will owe) the US? It seems like that should be included, inasmuch as it is a pretty important part of US foreign policy.Spencerkberry (talk) 23:04, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

Accusations of Anti-Semitism

I had a link to a site that emphasized some of Cranton's Anti-Semitic positions during his lifetime but I can't find it at this time. However, "Cranston was a correspondent for the International News Service for two years preceding World War II.[3] When an abridged English-language translation of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf was released, sanitized to exclude some of Hitler's anti-semitism and militancy,...". In other words, he removed from Mein Kampf Hitler's feelings towards Jews and his plans for them. This did a great disservice to the Jewish people who were not aware of the Nazi regime in Germany at the time and if published accurately could have saved lives by mobilizing efforts to block the Nazis. If anyone can locate this this webpage of Cranston's Anti-Semitic comments, it would be worth adding to the article. Jtpaladin (talk) 06:37, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Disputing Accusation of Anti-Semitism

I just read today about why Cranston published his version of Mein Kamf from Duke University

"There were also some truly odious works from 1925, most notably Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, which was actually the subject of a fascinating copyright story. A young reporter named Alan Cranston, who later became a United States Senator, had read the German-language version of the book, and was surprised to see a bowdlerized translation of it circulating in the US. This English-language version had removed some of the most hateful and terrifying parts of the book, including Hitler’s plan for Nazi domination. So, in Cranston’s words, he prepared a “Reader’s Digest-like version (showing) the worst of Hitler” that included “every important point, every important idea Hitler presented,” but “eliminated his long-winded digressions, and cut out much of the endless repetition,” and added annotations showing Hitler’s “propaganda and distortions.” Cranston pledged no royalties to Hitler, and promised that any profits would go to help refugees from Hitler’s Reich. The unauthorized translation was 10 cents, and sold a half million copies in 10 days. It was 1939.

While Cranston had exposed Hitler’s evil, his unauthorized translation had also undercut the market for the authorized and sanitized version. He was sued for copyright infringement, and lost in court. “No damages were assessed, but we had to stop selling the book,” Cranston remembered. “But we did wake up a lot of Americans to the Nazi threat.”

Other source of his motives

Shancans (talk) 19:47, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

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California, Disability Movement

Sen. Cranston in Judy Heumann's new children's book, the Rolling Warriors (2021) as disability activists reach Washington, DC. 2603:7081:2000:3EF3:C479:B592:6830:74F7 (talk) 18:03, 16 May 2022 (UTC)JARacino2603:7081:2000:3EF3:C479:B592:6830:74F7 (talk) 18:03, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Not clear what you are asking or recommending. He was active in disability legislation, but I'm not sure a children's book would be a usable reference. Anastrophe (talk) 20:14, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

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