– President Roosevelt Address + News Reports and Commentary – September 3, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As events unfolded and as it became more and more apparent there was no turning back, the news on this particular September 3rd, 87 years ago was of pained resignation that
– CBS Radio: Is Cuba Going Red? – May 7 and 13, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. With the untimely demise of CBS Radio News, I thought it would a good idea to take a look back at many of the defining moments which CBS Radio covered. Over the
Although today is officially regarded as V-E day, on this day in 1945 it was surrounded by confusion. Yes, the official signing of the unconditional surrender took place at 2:00 am on May 7th, a Press blackout had been imposed. But it was a reporter for the Associated Press,
American Forum of The Air – Are Our Schoolbooks Dangerous? 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As a society, are we a fearful people? Yes. Paranoid? Yes. Vengeful? Yes. Civil? No. Has it always been that way? I’m afraid to say, yes. Of course, that’s painting the picture with
The opening day of the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, this April 25th in 1945. Within days of the death of FDR and within days before the eventual collapse of Nazi Germany, the United Nations was formed out of the wreckage of The League of Nations with the hope
– Radio Moscow News In English – April 13, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One of the upticks during the Cold War was the near constant barrage of propaganda, newscasts, jamming of signals and plain old Publicity that took place between the U.S. and The Soviet Union. Before the
American Forum Of The Air – July 9, 1950 – Do We Need A New Foreign Policy? – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. The endless debate on U.S. Foreign Policy, the political wrangling and the blind-sidedness – it would seem to be our legacy going back to the beginning of
Click on the link here for Audio Player: American Forum of the Air -July 5, 1955 – Is American Freedom In Danger? Gordon Skene Sound Collection In light of the events the past several years, it would be natural to think this is some new, sinister route our country is
A year of contrasts, 1953 was. Between the Coronation of Princess Elizabeth to the gas chamber execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, to the death of Soviet leader Josef Stalin. It was an interesting year. The news on Stalin was very slow in coming. It made scant mention in the
The question of our Civil Liberties has been a topic of discussion and speculation going on for decades. However, at no other time has it been such an issue as it is now. With laws twisted and perverted, and those interpreting the law ranging from the corrupt to the merely
