| George Howard Earle III | |
|---|---|
| |
| United States Ambassador to Bulgaria | |
In office February 14, 1940 – April 2, 1940 | |
| President | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Ray Atherton |
| Succeeded by | Donald Heath |
| Member of the Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania | |
In office May 22, 1936[1] – February 21, 1940[2] | |
| Preceded by | Sedgwick Kistler |
| Succeeded by | David Lawrence |
| 30th Governor of Pennsylvania | |
In office January 15, 1935 – January 17, 1939 | |
| Lieutenant | Thomas Kennedy |
| Preceded by | Gifford Pinchot |
| Succeeded by | Arthur James |
| United States Minister to Austria | |
In office July 24, 1933 – March 25, 1934 | |
| President | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Gilchrist Baker Stockton |
| Succeeded by | George Messersmith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 5, 1890 Devon, Pennsylvania |
| Died | December 30, 1974 (aged 84) Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Democratic |
George Howard Earle III (December 5, 1890 – December 30, 1974) was an American politician. He was a member of the prominent Earle family. Earle served as the U.S. Minister to Austria from 1933 to 1934,[3] and as the 30th Governor of Pennsylvania from January 15, 1935 to January 17, 1939.
Life[]
In 1943, when Earle was a United States Navy Lieutenant Commander and the President's special emissary to the Balkans, he
...presented a plan to President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) that Earle believed might end the war in Europe early. The German ambassador and the head of the German secret service secretly proposed to Earle that German troops could surround Hitler’s headquarters and turn Hitler over to the Allies as a war criminal. German troops then would be repositioned to defend against the Russian military. The plot was never approved.[4]
In 1944, FDR assigned Earle to compile information on the Katyń massacre, the massacre of the Polish intelligentsia by the Soviet government. Earle did so, using contacts in Bulgaria and Romania, and concluded that the Soviet Union was guilty.
After consulting with Elmer Davis, the director of the Office of War Information, Roosevelt rejected Earle's conclusion, saying that he was convinced of the responsibility of Nazi Germany, and ordered Earle's report suppressed. When Earle formally requested permission to publish his findings, the President gave him a written order to desist. Earle was reassigned and spent the rest of World War II in American Samoa.[5]
After the war,
...Earle became the first governor of a US state to be divorced. In 1945, he remarried to Jacqueline Sacre of Belgium with whom he had a daughter and a son. That same year, he was appointed assistant governor of Samoa. After his term in that office he returned to private business.[4]
Ambassador Ralph Earle II is his son.
References[]
- ↑ "Earle Victory in Committee Election Seen". May 22, 1936. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D-UxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zuIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2647,4636554&dq=sedgwick+kistler+earle&hl=en. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Earle Resigns Committee Post". February 21, 1940. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/289870532.html?dids=289870532:289870532&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Feb+21%2C+1940&author=By+a+Staff+Correspondent+of+The+Christian+Science+Monitor&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=Earle+Resigns+Committee+Post&pqatl=google. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
- ↑ "FORMER U.S. AMBASSADORS TO AUSTRIA". U.S. Embassy in Vienna. http://vienna.usembassy.gov/en/embassy/former_amb.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-24. [dead link]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "George Howard Earle", Governors of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
- ↑ Fischer, Benjamin B., "The Katyn Controversy: Stalin's Killing Field", Studies in Intelligence, Winter 1999-2000
External links[]
- George Howard Earle III at Find a Grave
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