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 allegations, making allegations against various institutions in the government, particularly in the military and in asp
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
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 convention in los angeles. [cheers] john f. Kennedy governor stevenso
John f. Kennedy governor stevenson, senator johnson, mr. Butler, senator symington, senator humphrey, speaker rayburn, fellow democrats, i want to express my thanks to governor stevenson for his generous and heartwarming introduction. It was my great honor to place his name in nomination at the 1956 democratic convention, and i am delighted to have his support and his counsel and his advice in the coming months ahead. Let me say first that i accept the nomination of the Democratic Party. I accept it without reservation and with only one obligation, the obligation to devote every effort of my mind and spirit to lead our party back to victory and our nation to greatness. I am grateful, too, that you have provided us with such a strong platform to stand on and to run on. Pledges which are made so eloquently are made to be kept. The rights of man the civil and economic rights essential to the Human Dignity of all men are indeed our goal and are indeed our first principle. This is a platfor
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.