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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 first term senator from wisconsin, took advantage of that public concern. And his position on certain key committees in the senate to start raising allegat ....
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 co ....
Challenge in accepting his nomination in chicago. This is more than a political call to arms. , not to win help votes alone, but to win in this new crusade and keep america secure and safe for its own people. [applause] harry truman now, my friends, with the help of god, and the whole heart and push which you can put behind this campaign, we can save this country from a continuation of the 80th congress, and from misrule from now on. I must have your help. You must get in and push and when this election. The country cant afford another republican congress. [applause] announcer the 1960 election was a first for the nation when john f. Kennedy weakened the youngest person to be elected president , and the first roman catholic. His presidency was cut short in the fall of 1963 when he was assassinated before formally announcing his plans to seek reelection. There is his 1960 speech to delegates at the Democratic National conventi ....
REPORTS persist that the United States has recently shipped some nuclear missiles to the Philippines. There are no details, and these remain officially unconfirmed, but given the kind of patron-client state relationship that exists between our two countries, there seems to be no doubt about it. We may not have a single nuclear shelter in which to hide when the missiles start flying, but if we have enough of them in our arsenal, the enemy might think twice before targeting us. ....