HI114 Lecture Notes - Executive Order 9835, Loyalty Program, David Caute
Document Summary
Genuine concern about national security: 1946 gallup poll, 36% harsh measures (get rid of them, deport them, kail them, shoot them, 69% deny communists government jobs, 61% outlaw the cp, 1948, 77% require communists register with the government. Pressure of the republican party at home: wants to show he"s not soft on communism like the republicans say. Support for the truman doctrine abroad: tie the foreign and domestic policies together, encourage people to support the. Truman doc abroad: you have to fight communism at home and abroad. Film content: ie. mission to moscow, song of russia, days of glory, pro soviet films, portrayed them in a positive light. Spy fever: ameriasia, feb 1945, 1000ish state department documents were found at this journal. Igor gouzenko and the canadian spy ring: says there"s also a spy ring in the us state department, doesn"t have evidence, but makes the claim. Alger hill: an east coast, ivy league, new dealer, state dept.
