caption death_date religion pseudonym birth_place nationality birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation
westbrook pegler , 1916 24 june 1969 roman catholic westbrook pegler minneapolis , minnesota american 02 august 1894 julia harpman pegler maude wettje pegler westbrook pegler
 francis james westbrook pegler syndicated newspaper columnist
westbrook pegler

francis james westbrook pegler -lrb- august 2 , 1894 -- june 24 , 1969 -rrb- was an american journalist and writer .
he was a popular columnist in the 1930s and 1940s famed for his opposition to the new deal and labor unions .
pegler criticized every president from herbert hoover to fdr -lrb- `` moosejaw '' -rrb- to harry truman -lrb- `` a thin-lipped hater '' -rrb- to john f. kennedy .
he also criticized the supreme court , the tax system , and labor unions .
in 1962 , he lost his contract with king features syndicate , owned by the hearst corporation , after he started criticizing hearst executives .
his late writing appeared sporadically in publications that included the john birch society 's `` american opinion '' .
