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Date Posted: 10:46:40 08/22/13 Thu
Author: points
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Subject: Re: Chapter 16: History of the United States of America: 1952-1959
In reply to: edy 's message, "Chapter 16: History of the United States of America: 1952-1959" on 10:41:41 08/22/13 Thu

points for chapter 16.

*it is not fair that California in particular has Nuclear melt downs waiting to occur, the moment the big earthquake occurs. Will nuke the entire nation.

*Comedian Carol Burnett sang a love song about Secretary of State Dulles. A joke as we know politicians don�t tend to get that, although Carol Burnett was much younger.

* pasted off the PBS website: American Masters, regarding famous CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow. I include this because I had always heard that Edward R. Murrow is who finally stopped the illegal witch hunt for communists, led by Senator Joseph McCarthy: �Murrow�s love of common America led him to seek out stories of ordinary people. He presented their stories in such a way that they often became powerful commentaries on political or social issues. See It Now consistently broke new ground in the burgeoning field of television journalism. In 1953, Murrow made the decision to investigate the case of Milo Radulovich. Radulovich had been discharged from the Air Force on the grounds that his mother and sister were communist sympathizers. The program outlined the elements of the case, casting doubt on the Air Force�s decision, and within a short while, Milo Radulovich had been reinstated. This one edition of See It Now marked a change in the face of American journalism and a new age in American politics. Soon after the Milo Radulovich program aired, it was learned that Senator Joseph McCarthy was preparing an attack on Murrow. As it happened, Murrow himself had been collecting material about McCarthy and his Senate Investigating Committee for several years, and he began assembling the program. Broadcast on March 9, 1954, the program, composed almost entirely of McCarthy�s own words and pictures, was a damning portrait of a fanatic. McCarthy demanded a chance to respond, but his rebuttal, in which he referred to Murrow as �the leader of the jackal pack,� only sealed his fate. The combination of the program�s timing and its persuasive power broke the Senator�s hold over the nation. The entire fiasco, however, caused a rift with CBS, and they decided to discontinue See It Now.� [Murrow was the first reporter to be on a roof, reporting on the German Blitz upon Great Britain during WW2.] ----Around 1977 or so, PBS aired Murrow�s program; would love it if they did so again.

*Remind, that everyone is owed a living wage job. Everyone is owed the security that he won't be fired, [as a just won't is a true sociopath is what you accuse, to fire someone, and no one wants a job he can't do]. A secure job assures the banks that you are an excellent candidate for a home loan.

*The prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, 1950. They were accused of passing information over to the Russians. Their two accusers had been able to talk with each other, so that they will have the same story. The main accuser was a noted pathological liar. Twenty years later, a password he said they gave was now different in his memory. Did they do it? Did one just do it? They were sentenced to death for espionage. Although William O. Douglas, Supreme Court Justice, granted the Rosenberg�s a stay of execution, Chief Justice Vinson brought the Court together, and cancelled this stay of execution. As many people championed against this execution, and others did not. They were executed June 19, 1953. --- A school police investigation and trial should occur here.

*+Two Quotes in the main text, and information on the Rosenbergs as well:

�A People�s History of the United States 1492 - Present.� by Howard Zinn
HarperCollins Publishers @Howard Zinn 1980...2003

*Alan Gingsburg, leading beatnik poet:

February 29, 1958

��Eliot he loved me, put me up,
gave me a couch to sleep on,
conversed kindly, took me serious
asked my opinion on Mayakovsky
I read him Corso Creeley Kerouac
advised Burroughs Olson Huncke
the bearded lady in the Zoo, the
intelligent puma in Mexico City
6 chorus boys from Zanzibar
who chanted in wornout polygot
Swahili, and the rippling rythyms
of Ma Rainey and Vachel Lindsay.
On the Isle of the Queen
we had a long evening's conversation
Then he tucked me in my long
red underwear under a silken
blanket by the fire on the sofa
gave me English Hottie�.�

*Jack Kerouac, beatnik poet:

The great hanging weak teat of India
on the map
The Fingernail of Malaya
The Wall of China
The Korea Ti-Pousse Thumb
The Salamander Japan
the Okinawa Moon Spot
The Pacific
The Back of Hawaiian Mountains
coconuts
Kines, balconies, Ah Tarzan-
And D W Griffith
the great American Director
Strolling down disgruntled
Hollywood Lane
- to toot Nebraska,
Indian Village New York,
Atlantis, Rome,
Peleus and Melisander,
And

swans of Balls

Spots of foam on the ocean
-----both poems pasted off of PoemHunter.com

* John Kenneth Galbraith 1908-2006. He was Chief price controller in the 1930�s. He was for the New Deal stimulus�. He wrote several books, regarding problems of small business vs. big business and how the union luckily offset the power of big business. 1952. On the down side, Galbraith is attached to the idea of raising interest rates in order to prevent bad loans from being made.
�American Capitalism: The Concept of Countervailing Power. His first book. His biggest book, 1958, was �The Affluent Society� where he contrasted the affluence of private sector with the squalor of the public sector. --Library Economics and Liberty website. [What did he see, when the term stimulus became non existent? Students should investigate. �Playboy Magazine� interviews includes Mr. Galbraith.]

*New York in the 50�s. Director Betsy Blankenbaker. Film Documentary.

*[On another normal world, far from us, Bein and Ruen were married. They didn�t socialize for ego reasons, (thinks you are all excited about me). Socializing enjoys getting to know humanity, is the way you feel, only if you care to be with all people equally. They began a board game club, where everyone brought snacks of some kind, as it is a cooking club also. Anyone can join. They also attend Growth Classes every Rumen(day), where they either discuss growth issues and personal experiences with each other, or if they are bothered by something, individual counseling. No one is too mature for Growth Classes, as they can at least help. Real growers, are honest only, love these classes. However, these classes are absolutely mandatory for anyone who has betrayed/rejected a relative or friend, . There is almost no crime on this planet. But neither is there poverty.]

*In Denver Colorado, a suburban housing neighborhood, had house plans which included a bomb shelter.

*Letter to the Un-American Activities Committee, 1952: ��I am most willing to answer all questions about myself. I have nothing to hide from� �But I am advised by counsel that if I answer,��then I must also answer questions about other people. �..I am not willing, , �.to bring bad trouble to people who, �were completely innocent�� Lillian Hellman, playwright.

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