Foreign Policy Association Records, 1918-1996

Container Title
Series: “Attacks” on the Foreign Policy Association
Scope and Content Note: During the 1950s and into the late 1960s, the Foreign Policy Association was criticized and under attack by anti-communist, conservative groups, including the John Birch Society and the American Legion. The materials here include investigations of accusations, FPA responses to accusations of communist and un-American activities, correspondence, memos, reports, and public relations materials.
Box   255
Folder   1-5
General background material, correspondence, memos, 1948-1961
Box   255
Folder   6
Reece Committee, Special Committee to Investigate Tax Exempt Foundations, 1954, 1957
Box   255
Folder   7
Midland, Michigan, memos, correspondence, articles, 1958
Box   255
Folder   8
René Wormser, 1958
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Folder   9
Workers Defense League, 1958
Box   255
Folder   10
Laconia, New Hampshire hearing by U.S. Committee on Foreign Affairs, 1957
Box   255
Folder   11
Riverside, California, Junior Chamber of Commerce support, 1957
Box   255
Folder   12-13
Roy Pursell, Michigan Jaycees, 1954-1967
Box   255
Folder   14
Professor Anthony Bouscaren attack regarding John Carter Vincent, 1957-1958
Box   255
Folder   15
Keep America Free Council, Canton, Ohio, 1953
Box   255
Folder   16
John Scott, 1959-1960
Box   255
Folder   17
Minute Women and Enquirer attack on Cincinnati Council, 1959
Box   255
Folder   18
Middle East fact sheet complaints, 1960
Box   255
Folder   19
Whitmer attack regarding Vera M. Dean, 1957
Box   255
Folder   20
Oscar Schnabel statement, 1947
Box   255
Folder   21
Board and staff comments, 1945-1957
Box   255
Folder   22
General, Richard Swing, 1940-1948
Box   255
Folder   23
Spring campaign, Richard Swing, 1947
Box   255
Folder   24
Kohlberg attack regarding China, 1947-1958
Box   255
Folder   25
Cox Committee questionnaire, 1952
Box   255
Folder   26
Personality file, 1960
Box   255
Folder   27
Chatham County, Georgia grand jury, memos, correspondence, background, 1961-1963
Box   255
Folder   28-32
Fulton County grand jury, memos, correspondence, background, 1960-1962
Box   255
Folder   33
Fulton County grand jury, Foreign Policy Association response, 1960
Box   256
Folder   1-5
Attacks correspondence and memos, 1957-1963
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Folder   6
Action Committee on Attacks, 1961
Box   256
Folder   7
Counter attack material, 1960
Box   256
Folder   8
Endorsements correspondence, 1960
Box   256
Folder   9
Extremist attacks, 1967
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Folder   10
American Legion, Martin McKneally correspondence, 1960-1961
Box   256
Folder   11
Attacks and rebuttals, 1957-1961
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Folder   12
Michigan attack, 1957
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Folder   13
Attack data, Region I, 1961
Box   256
Folder   14
“Analysis and Reply to Attacks on FPA, Inc.” 1961
Box   256
Folder   15
American Legion Convention, 1961
Box   256
Folder   16
Bulletin and Headline Series cited in American Legion book, 1960-1961
Box   256
Folder   17
Grand jury presentment, 1961
Box   256
Folder   18
Special file on Vera M. Dean, correspondence, memos, 1947-1961
Box   256
Folder   19
American Legion officials, Burke, McKneally, Evans, O'Neil, Murphy
Box   256
Folder   20
Philadelphia correspondence, Nason, Barnard, Binns, Kane, 1961
Box   256
Folder   21
“The Truth About 'Great Decisions,'” by the American Legion, 1962-1965
Box   256
Folder   22-23
“The Truth about the Foreign Policy Association,” by the American Legion, 1960-1961
Box   256
Folder   24
American Legion letters, 1960
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Folder   25
Atlanta, Georgia American Legion activities, 1960-1961
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Folder   26
American Legion attacks, 1961 July-August
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Folder   27-28
Atlanta correspondence, 1960-1961
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Folder   29
Third presentment memos and letters, 1961
Box   256
Folder   30
Savannah, Georgia press clippings, 1962
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Folder   31
American Legion press clippings, 1961-1963
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Folder   32
American Legion national correspondence, 1960-1961
Box   257
Folder   1
Dr. Overstreet, Bibb County, Georgia, 1962
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Folder   2
Bibb County grand jury memos, correspondence, background, 1962
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Folder   3
Bibb County grand jury second, third presentment, 1962
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Folder   4
Region V attacks, memos, letters, 1961-1962
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Folder   5
Atlanta, Georgia press clippings, 1960
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Folder   6
Macon, Georgia press clippings, 1960-1961
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Folder   7
Edgar Bundy, Wheaton, Illinois, 1960
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Folder   8
Bishop Wright, 1960-1961
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Folder   9
Louisville, Kentucky Catholic Press, 1961
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Folder   10
Detroit Catholic correspondence, 1961
Box   257
Folder   11
Father Ginder correspondence, 1960
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Folder   12
Father Ginder attacks, 1960-1961
Box   257
Folder   13
National Council of Churches, 1959-1960
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Folder   14
Our Sunday Visitor correspondence, 1960
Box   257
Folder   15
Daughters of the American Republic (DAR) special, 1957, 1960-1961
Box   257
Folder   16
Daughters of the American Republic correspondence, 1961
Box   257
Folder   17-19
Gordon Hall, 1954, 1960-1961
Box   257
Folder   20
“Professional” counter attacks, 1957-1960
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Folder   21
Foreign Policy Association policy regarding attacks, 1957-1961
Box   257
Folder   22-23
Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation, 1961
Box   257
Folder   24
John Birch Society, 1961-1962
Box   257
Folder   25
“Great Decisions” attack, 1963
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Folder   26
“Deadly Parallels,” by Alan Westin in Harper's magazine, 1962
Box   257
Folder   27
John Nason and Terry Higgins correspondence on attacks, 1961
Box   257
Folder   28
John Nason correspondence, 1961-1962
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Folder   29
Counter attacks, 1960-1962
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Folder   30
Attacks, miscellaneous, 1962
Box   257
Folder   31
American Mercury magazine, correspondence by Eustace Seligman, 1960-1961
Box   257
Folder   32
Eustace Seligman, John Nason answer to attack on Headline Series 129, “Should the U.S. Change its China Policy?”, 1960
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Folder   33
Dan Smoot correspondence and materials, 1961
Box   257
Folder   34
Material for answering attacks, 1960-1962
Box   257
Folder   35
Statement of principle, 1962
Answers to attacks, 1960-1961
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Folder   36
Indianapolis, Indiana
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Folder   37
Frank Folsom
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Folder   38
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Box   257
Folder   39
Muskegon, Michigan
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Folder   40
New Hampshire
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Folder   41
Scott Hammond
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Folder   42
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Folder   43
Oregon
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Folder   44
Washington state
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Folder   45
Senator Warren G. Magnuson
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Folder   46
Eustace Seligman, John Nason, David Warner correspondence with Robert Troutman, Atlanta, Georgia
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Folder   47
Eustace Seligman, John Nason, David Warner correspondence with Henry Bowden, Atlanta, Georgia
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Folder   48
Cobb County, Georgia
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Folder   49
Atlanta, Georgia
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Folder   50
General “far right”
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Folder   51
Human Events newsletter
Box   257
Folder   52
Amarillo, Texas
Box   257
Folder   53
Boise, Idaho
Box   257
Folder   54
Weekly Crusader
Box   257
Folder   55
Baltimore, Maryland
Box   257
Folder   56
Region I
Box   257
Folder   57
Chatham County, Georgia
Box   257
Folder   58
Mrs. Charles Ralph Nichols
Box   257
Folder   59
Christian Science Monitor
Box   257
Folder   60
Favorable news articles
Box   257
Folder   61
Sons of the American Revolution
Box   257
Folder   62
Patrick Henry League
Box   257
Folder   63
Data on the World Affairs Councils
Box   257
Folder   64
Cincinnati, Ohio
Box   257
Folder   65
Region II
Box   257
Folder   66
Miami, Florida
Box   257
Folder   67
Region III
Box   257
Folder   68
American Library Association
Box   257
Folder   69
Board of Directors
Box   257
Folder   70
Regional Directors
Box   257
Folder   71
Region IV
Box   257
Folder   72
Minute Women, Minute Men
Box   257
Folder   73
Military Order of the World Wars
Box   257
Folder   74
Florida
Box   258
Folder   1
Department of State letters, memos
Box   258
Folder   2
New Republic Eustace Seligman article
Box   258
Folder   3
John Langenbach
Box   258
Folder   4
Peyton-Anderson Air Force
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Folder   5
Oregon
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Folder   6
Incomplete correspondence
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Folder   7
Macon, Georgia
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Folder   8
Region V
Roger G. Mastrude files
Box   258
Folder   9
Confidential
Box   258
Folder   10-18
Correspondence and memos, 1961-1968
Box   258
Folder   19
Chronology of attacks, 1960-1961
Box   258
Folder   20
Riverside attack
Box   258
Folder   21
Conference on Preservation of the Democratic Process, 1961-1962
Box   258
Folder   22
Attacks, The Worker, 1963
Box   258
Folder   23
Teague incident, 1964
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Folder   24
Avrahm Mezerik, 1959
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Folder   25
Johnson County Teenage Republicans, Kansas, 1965
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Folder   26
Georgia Methodists, 1964
Box   258
Folder   27
Westchester Spotlight, 1965
Box   258
Folder   28-30
Attacks, 196-1969
Box   258
Folder   31-34
Letters regarding “Great Decisions” from members of the government, 1957-1962
Box   258
Folder   35-36
Letters from members of government regarding general attacks, 1960, 1963-1964
Box   258
Folder   37
Richard Nixon, Vera M. Dean correspondence, 1959-1960
C. Dale Fuller files
Box   259
Folder   1
National Education Association (NEA) professional rights and responsibilities materials regarding teaching about communism, 1962
Box   259
Folder   2-3
Articles, memos, correspondence, 1963
Box   259
Folder   4
American Legion and Board meeting regarding same, 1961
Box   259
Folder   5
Right-wing extremist background, memos, notes, 1961
Box   259
Folder   6-7
Greenwich Conference on Preservation of the Democratic Process, 1962
Box   259
Folder   8-9
Continuation Committee on Conference on Preserving the Democratic Process, 1964
Box   259
Folder   10
Strategy Conference on the Preservation of the Democratic Process, 1964
Box   259
Folder   11
Smears, 1958-1961
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Folder   12
Slanton Post memos, 1962
Box   259
Folder   13-15
The Worker memos, correspondence, background material, 1962-1963
Box   259
Folder   16
Attacks, 1963-1964
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Folder   17
“The Truth about the Foreign Policy Association” master copy, Office of the President
Box   259
Folder   18
Letters of endorsement from members of the government, 1954-1960
Box   259
Folder   19
Endorsements challenged, 1958-1960
Box   259
Folder   20
Endorsements not challenged, 1954-1960
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Folder   21
Other endorsements, 1954-1960
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Folder   22
Attack on endorsements, 1960-1961
Box   259
Folder   23
Editorial policy and authors of Bulletin and Headline Series
Box   260
Folder   1
Editorial policy and authors of Bulletin and Headline Series (continued)
Box   260
Folder   2
“Decisions” program, materials and authors
Box   260
Folder   3
Excerpts of Foreign Policy Association statements taken out of context
Box   260
Folder   4
Documentation on open letter to Dave Warner, 1960
Box   260
Folder   5
National Council of Churches
Box   260
Folder   6
John Nason trip to Macon, Georgia, 1961 January 27