Category: Red Scare
When Hearings Go Public – Army-McCarthy – 1954 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room
Army-McCarthy Hearings – June 4, 1954 – CBS Radio Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Army-McCarthy Hearings. Before Trump-Russia, before Whitewater and The Ken Starr Report, before Iran-Contra, before Watergate we had the Army-McCarthy hearings. For the goodly part of 1954 America was glued to their TVs and
April 22, 1957 – Secretary Of State John Foster Dulles – Foreign Policy In The 1950s – Past Daily Reference Room
John Foster Dulles – Address to Associated Press Luncheon – April 22, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The issue of American Foreign Policy has been in the spotlight recently, with the recent developments in our relations with North Korea as well as the ongoing issues with Iran and
March 29, 1952 – President Truman: Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner – Presidents Being Presidential
President Truman: Jefferson-Jackson Day Address – March 29, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – President Truman addressing fellow Democrats at the annual Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner on March 29, 1952. Harry S. Truman had the unenviable task of filling the shoes of Franklin Roosevelt when, as vice-President, he was thrust
March 1, 1950 – The Clock Is Ticking-Ticking – The Atomic Bomb And World Peace
March 1, 1950 – Edward R. Murrow and The News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 1, 1950 – World Peace, the Atomic Bomb, the Soviet Union – the Cold War. These were the issues at hand, this first day of March 68 years ago. On Capitol Hill, Senator
John Foster Dulles And The Cold War Press Conference – 1956 – Past Daily Reference Room
John Foster Dulles – Press Conference – December 18, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, unmistakeable symbol of The Cold War and the Arms race. In this press conference, his first since returning from the NATO Summit meeting, the issue of nuclear weapons,
Cold War – The Atomic Bomb And The UN – 1948 – Past Daily Reference Room
Atomic Energy And The UN – NBC Radio – Chicago University Round Table – October 24, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Atomic Energy; for good or for extermination – that was the big question hovering over the world in 1948. The Soviet Union was making ominous gestures and
November 21, 1961 – The Slippery Slope Of Nation-Building – Past Daily Reference Room
November 21, 1961 – NBC Radio: Emphasis With Chet Huntley – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1961 was shaping up to being a very interesting year. It was the first full year of a new administration and the Cold War showed no signs of letting up. Coupled with the growing