Oh yeah, that was the thing to do at that time. This was before the new wave of bebop started.
“For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive.”
“The news of the open military help to Franco from Hitler and Mussolini, and the heroic resistance of the people of Madrid, Barcelona and the big cities fired a widespread wish to help the Republic and its people.”