Thursday, January 31, 2019

Nixon and Kennedy in the 1950s

Anticommunism in 1950

October 1, 1949:  Mao wins in China.  MAKE A MENTAL NOTE OF THE CHINA LOBBY

June 25, 1950: Korean War starts

Joe McCarthy 2/9/1950:
"I have here in my hand a list of 205 . . . a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department."
Maryland and the 1950 version of Deep fake

The legend of George Smathers, "Red Pepper" (Matthews, p. 70) and "Vote American"

Sun, Apr 30, 1950 – 27 · The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida, United States of America) · Newspapers.com

The home of Manchester Boddy (Matthews p. 69) is a local attraction in La Canada.

From a History Channel documentary on the Matthews book: Start at 9:00





pink piece of paper headed "Douglas-Marcantonio Voting Record"


Sat, Nov 4, 1950 – 1 · The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America) · Newspapers.com

Dean Acheson, left (Yale `15, Harvard Law `18)
Adlai Stevenson, right (Princeton `22, Northwestern Law `26)

Image result for dean achesonImage result for adlai stevenson princeton

THE 1952 CONVENTION: MAKE A MENTAL NOTE ABOUT EARL WARREN

Matthews pp. 82-86 - Checkers (start about 16:00)







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