The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has passed an ordinance aimed at curbing Communist activity within the County. The ordinance includes provisions requiring registration of Communists, but there are doubts about whether this is the best method to combat communism. J. Edgar Hoover and United States Attorney General J. Howard McGrath have expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of registration in combating Communist activities.

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The Controversial Career of Helen Gahagan Douglas

Identifier:
CAC_CC_014_5_173_10_0016
Contributing Institution:
Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Title:
The Controversial Career of Helen Gahagan Douglas
Date Created:
1950-01-01
EDTF:
1950-01-01
Creator:
unknown
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Language:
eng
Record Type:
correspondence
Collection:
Helen Gahagan Douglas Collection
Collection Finding Aid:
https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/67
Description:
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has passed an ordinance aimed at curbing Communist activity within the County. The ordinance includes provisions requiring registration of Communists, but there are doubts about whether this is the best method to combat communism. J. Edgar Hoover and United States Attorney General J. Howard McGrath have expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of registration in combating Communist activities.
Topic:
Communism
Congress:
81st (1949-1951)
Physical Location:
CAC_CC_14_5_0000, Box 173, Folder 10, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
Location Represented:
Oklahoma (state), United States (nation)
Type:
Text
Extent:
1 Page