▁in ▁en light ened ▁self - inter est , ▁and ▁substantial ▁pride ▁in ▁American ▁progress ▁and ▁potential ", ▁wrote ▁March ▁of ▁Time ▁chron ic ler ▁Raymond ▁Field ing : ▁ ▁The ▁men ▁who ▁made ▁the ▁March ▁of ▁Time ▁were ▁not ▁political ▁the or ists , ▁they ▁were ▁journal ists . ▁For ▁them , ▁fasc ism , ▁commun ism , ▁and ▁native ▁dem agog ues ▁seemed ▁foreign ▁to ▁the ▁American ▁eth ic , ▁and ▁they ▁exposed ▁and ▁attacked ▁them ▁accordingly . ▁… ▁A ▁cin ematic ▁agent ▁provoc ateur , ▁the ▁March ▁of ▁Time ▁turned ▁over ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁rocks , ▁both ▁at ▁home ▁and ▁abroad , ▁and ▁ill umin ated ▁the ▁cre atures ▁it ▁found ▁beneath ▁them . ▁The ▁dem agog ues ▁and ▁qu acks ▁whom ▁they ▁attacked ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁may ▁seem ▁like ▁obvious ▁targets ▁now , ▁but ▁they ▁didn ' t ▁seem ▁so ▁then . ▁They ▁were ▁popular , ▁powerful , ▁fright ening ▁people , ▁and ▁the ▁March ▁of ▁Time ▁stood ▁entirely ▁alone ▁in ▁the atr ical ▁motion ▁picture ▁circles ▁as ▁a ▁m uck ra ker . ▁ ▁In ▁late ▁ 1 9 3 6 , ▁producer ▁Roy ▁E . ▁Lars en ▁rel uct antly ▁left ▁The ▁March ▁of ▁Time ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁publish er ▁of ▁Life , ▁a ▁week ly ▁news ▁magazine ▁that ▁began ▁publication ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 9 3 6 . ▁Time ▁execut ives ▁had ▁long ▁vac ill ated ▁over ▁launch ing ▁such ▁a ▁magazine , ▁but ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁The ▁March ▁of ▁Time