At that point, Castro remarked that, 'If that was the way President Kennedy wanted it, Cuba could engage in the same tactics'. The story was also passed to the four newsmen attached to the Seventh Army. The president, Dwight Eisenhower, was furious and now realised that it was time to bring an end to McCarthy's activities. Three days later the Chinese Army launched an attack on MacArthur's army. [30] These writers focused on a wide range of issues including the monopoly of Standard Oil; cattle processing and meat packing; patent medicines; child labor; and wages, labor, and working conditions in industry and agriculture. Unfortunately, under the Forrestal-Marine Corps program, we train men to shoot and give them the weapons to shoot with. Pearson wrote the syndicated "Washington Merry-Go-Round" column from the 30s until his death in 1969 (he died after he saw his nemesis Nixon inaugurated). Johnson brought an end to this investigation by offering Pearson a deal. This was hard for Anderson, as he and Joe were pals. He suggested that he given $25,000 to Baker in order to get the contract to build the District of Columbia Stadium. The former governor of New Hampshire, was considered to be a key figure in Eisenhower's administration. All rights reserved. More recently, Edward Snowden disclosed the activities of governmental spying, albeit illegally, which gave the public knowledge of the extent of the infringements on their privacy. McCarthy became one of his victims. © 2019 TIME USA, LLC. No one was allowed to use, or even touch, his personal typewriter, an antique portable Corona given him by his revered father in 1922. A tribute to Pearson following his death and includes a photo of Anderson and Pearson together. In fact, in 1948, Pearson began investigating J. Parnell Thomas, the Chairman of the House of Un-American Activities Committee. Twelve newspapers cancelled their contract with Pearson. public officials. "The Treason of the Senate: Aldrich, the Head of it All", by David Graham Phillips, published as a series of articles in Cosmopolitan magazine in February 1906, described corruption in the U.S. Senate. Jack Anderson asked Pearson to stop attacking McCarthy: "He is our best source on the Hill." The Great American Fraud (1905) by Samuel Hopkins Adams revealed fraudulent claims and endorsements of patent medicines in America. McClure led the magazine industry by cutting the price of an issue to 15 cents, attracting advertisers, giving audiences illustrations and well-written content and then raising ad rates after increased sales, with Munsey's and Cosmopolitan following suit.[20].
Back in the 1920's, Secretary Forrestal's Wall Street firm loaned 20 million dollars to Bolivia, used to buy arms to wage war against Paraguay. In his speeches, McCarthy referred to Lattimore as "Mr X... the top Russian spy... the key man in a Russian espionage ring. Colonel Richard T. Arnest, the man's doctor, sent a report of the incident to General Dwight D. Eisenhower. This is also known as Online Behavioural Advertising. Owen Lattimore was eventually cleared of the charge that he was a Soviet spy or a secret member of the American Communist Party and like several other victims of McCarthyism, he went to live in Europe and for several years was professor of Chinese studies at Leeds University. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites.
Pearson also suggested that Forrestal was guilty of corruption. Pearson continued his Washington Merry Go Round column into the 1960s when some of his targets included Ronald Reagan, who he claimed had been involved in a homosexual sex ring, and even Shirley Temple who he complained was running for congress on a moral platform when she was a divorcee. Ida Tarbell published The Rise of the Standard Oil Company in 1902, providing insight into the manipulation of trusts. [citation needed], Magazines were the leading outlets for muckraking journalism. In 1923 he embarked on a worldwide tour visiting Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand and India. Bulletin Magazine (September 1969).