the hollywood blacklist. the second speaker earned his master s degree at the university of illinois, chicago, under the direction of richard freid. after completing his graduate work, the professor has taught at various universities and colleges in chicago. he s now at the college of due page and he has researched and written about the career of richard nixon, concentrating on his career in congress. his dissertation topic was nixon in the 50s. our next speaker will bement irv gelman, he s written on the presidency of franklin d. roosevelt, published in 1973 good neighbor diplomacy published in 1979 and secret affairs, published in 1995. he s embarked on a multivolume biography of the life and times of richard nixon. the first volume is the contender richard nixon the congress years published in 1999. he s currently finishing the second volume the apprenticeship, richard nixon the vice presidential years 1952 to 1961 and he expects it to be published this year. the