You left . No answer. And this week on congress, investigate. Its the 1950s and the era of mccarthy ism. Well explore the hearings. Republicans senator Joseph Mccarthy of wisconsin and instigated as he search for alleged communists in government. And well also look at the subsequent investigation of senator mccarthy himself over his attacks on the us army, which led to the senators downfall. Joining us is jim townsend, director of the levin center for oversight and democracy. Mr. Townsend. What was the mccarthy era . Well, the mccarthy era was a period in the early 1950s where the public had become really quite concerned about the possibility of communist infiltration into major american institutions, including the United States government and senator mccarthy, who was a rst term senator from wisconsin, took advantage of that public concern. And his position on certain key committees in the senate to start raising allegations, making allegations against various institutions in the gove
By the archives of kansas city. Holt good evening, and thank you for arranging this, and especially kimberly, thank you for all the work youve done on this. Since he showed up, mark, who is retired from the central plains. Ill him a special thank you i oh him a special thank you. I have done a lot of research at the national archives, and the archivists always seem to know what i was interested in or had suggestions for what i ought to be interested in. Mark, when i was working on cold war kids said you know theres this collection you might be interested in. Yes, i was, very much, and it became a chapter in the book, so thank you. Now, for tonights discussion, what do school Lunch Programs, the indian adoption project polio shots, and books comic books have in common . Youre going, oh, theres a quiz . Your first guest would be they all have something to do with the postwar years, but they are also examples of the uptick and an unprecedented uptick in the federal intervention in childre
Breakers. This is the key that protects your property and you. This is your police department. Next, author marilyn urban hold talks about in large part, to prepare americas children to compete against the communist years. This 50minute talk is sponsored by the archives of kansas city. Holt good evening, and thank you for arranging this, and especially kimberly, thank you for all the work youve done on this. Since he showed up, mark, who is retired from the central plains. I owe him a special thank you. I have done a lot of research at the national archives, and the archivists always seem to know what i was interested in or had suggestions for what i ought to be interested in. Mark, when i was working on cold war kids said, you know, theres this collection you might be interested in. Yes, i was, very much, and it became a chapter in the book, so thank you. Now, for tonights discussion what do school Lunch Programs, the indian adoption project, polio shots, and comic books have in commo
Breakers. This is the key that protects your property and you. This is your police department. Next, author marilyn urban hold talks about in large part, to prepare americas children to compete against the communist years. This 50minute talk is sponsored by the archives of kansas city. Holt good evening, and thank you for arranging this, and especially kimberly, thank you for all the work youve done on this. Since he showed up, mark, who is retired from the central plains. I owe him a special thank you. I have done a lot of research at the national archives, and the archivists always seem to know what i was interested in or had suggestions for what i ought to be interested in. Mark, when i was working on cold war kids said, you know, theres this collection you might be interested in. Yes, i was, very much, and it became a chapter in the book, so thank you. Now, for tonights discussion what do school Lunch Programs, the indian adoption project, polio shots, and comic books have in commo
Museum andtional spy Smithsonian Associates cohosted this 90 minute event. We are delighted to have our own historian. Dr. Vince houghton. He is the historian and curator of the museum. He holds a phd in military history from the university of maryland, where his Research Centered on u. S. Scientific and technological intelligence in the Second World War and the cold war. It makes them ideally suited to deliver todays talk. He also got his masters degree focusing on the relationship. Etween the u. S. And russia you may get some questions focusing on our current difficulties with russia. On thetalked extensively history of u. S. Intelligence, diplomatic history, the cold war. He is a u. S. Army veteran, serving in the balkans where he assisted in civilian and military intelligence activities. We are delighted to have you as our speaker. Please help me welcome vince houghton. [applause] thank you, peter. Thank you for coming here today. Any chance to talk about the atomic spies, Nuclear