For Tuesday, read Matthews ch. 8-14.
Will distribute the writing assignment by Tuesday. Before then, I will send you recordings of my writing lecture and my research lecture.
On Thursday of next week, our class will be asynchronous via Zoom. That is, I will send you a recording.
From a History Channel documentary on the Matthews book ( start clip about 5:30):
Anticommunism in 1950s
October 1, 1949: Mao wins in China. MAKE A MENTAL NOTE OF THE CHINA LOBBY- This 1947 pamphlet produced by the Catholic Catechetical Guild Educational Society was part of a "Red Scare" in the U.S. that raised fears about the horrors of a communist takeover
- Decree against communism
June 25, 1950: Korean War starts
"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.comThe home of Manchester Boddy (Matthews p. 69) is a local attraction in La Canada.
Sat, Nov 4, 1950 – 1 · The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America) · Newspapers.comDean Acheson, left (Yale `15, Harvard Law `18)
Adlai Stevenson, right (Princeton `22, Northwestern Law `26)
THE 1952 CONVENTION: MAKE A MENTAL NOTE ABOUT EARL WARREN
Matthews pp. 82-86 - Checkers (start about 16:00)
The mention of the dog was just a humorous aside in a shrewd political speech.
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