Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Army-McCarthy Controversy, 1954; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism; Schine, G. David (Gerard David), 1927-1996; Stevens, Robert Ten Broeck, 1899-1983;
Senator McCarthy comments on the Army-McCarthy hearings while addressing an audience of Republicans in Wausau, Wisconsin. The hearings had opened sixteen days before, on April 22, 1954, and would continue until June 17, 1954. In this excerpt...
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971; Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.); Democratic Party (U.S.); Korean War, 1950-1953; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; Presidents -- United States -- Election --...
Senator McCarthy denounces the slogan -- "You ain't ever had it so good" -- used by the Adlai Stevenson presidential campaign. He argues that the Democrats are celebrating a wartime prosperity that is being purchased at a high cost in American...
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Budenz, Louis F. (Louis Francis), 1891-1972; Capital Times (Madison, Wis.); Daily Worker (New York); Evjue, William Theodore, 1882-1970; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism; Parker, Cedric;
Senator McCarthy compares the Capital Times newspaper of Madison, Wisconsin with the New York Daily Worker newspaper published by Communist Party USA. McCarthy claims that the Capital Times voices the official Communist Party line, and he...
College sports; Marquette University -- Cross-country running; Marquette University -- Track and field; Athletic directors; Cross-country coaches; Track and field coaches
Melvin "Bus" Shimek shares some of his memories from his 52 year involvement with Marquette University’s track & field and cross-country programs. As a student (1924-1927) Shimek competed as a long distance runner. Coached by Conrad Jennings,...
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism;
Senator McCarthy likens the investigation of communists to his skunk hunting duties as a farm boy in Wisconsin. McCarthy included this story in many speeches to illustrate his belief that there was no clean or easy way to root out communists from...
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Blattenberger, Raymond, b. 1892; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism; Rothschild, Edward; United States. Government Printing Office;
Senator McCarthy warns of the threat posed by communists in the Government Printing Office. He discusses the case of Edward Rothschild, a GPO employee and alleged communist sympathizer, who had testified before McCarthy's committee in August 1953....