Read the excerpt from the interview with E.Y. (Yip) Harburg. Everybody picked the song up in ’30 and ’31. Bands were playing it and records were made. When Roosevelt was a candidate for President, the Republicans got pretty worried about it. Some of the network radio people were told to lay low on the song. In some cases, they tried to ban it from the air. But it was too late. The song had already done its damage. From the content of the excerpt, it can be inferred that
Answer
A
the president was a big fan of Yip Harburg and Jay Gorney.
B
the money Harburg made from the song made him a very wealthy man.
C
the Republican Party lost the elections of that particular year.
D
the song and its message struck a chord with the American public.
Explanation
The excerpt says the song was picked up by bands, recorded, and played widely, and that attempts to keep it off the radio came too late because it had already “done its damage.” This suggests the song had become popular and its message influenced or resonated with listeners. The excerpt does not say how much money Harburg made, whether Roosevelt liked the songwriters, or whether the Republicans lost the election.
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