"Better Dead Than Red"

[Sam Clements]

I assume you already have the Google book hit for 1938.  It says "better
dead than red-white-red."  While it's only a snippet view, the book, an
Engliish translation of  "The Last Five Hours of Austria"  by Eugen
Lennhoff, Leigh Farnell, is available at Princeton.  And the date is
correct.

Sam Clements

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
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Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 08:47
Subject: "Better Dead Than Red"


>I would welcome any information about pre-1961 usage of the phrase "better
>dead than Red."
>
> Fred Shapiro
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