Clarence Manion
Clarence E. Manion, known as "Dean" Manion based on his position as Dean of the Notre Dame Law School in the 1940s, was a leading conservative who spoke out against communism on his popular radio show called the "Manion Forum" that lasted from 1954 to 1979.
Though a Democrat, Dean Manion was a vocal supporter of Republican presidential candidates, and even led a "Democrats for Eisenhower" group in 1952.
In 1957, Dean Manion gave Barry Goldwater a national boost by having him as a guest on his radio show. Manion subsequently persuaded Goldwater to write a conservative book entitled “Conscience of a Conservative,” which became the runaway bestseller that helped initiate Goldwater's subsequent bid for president in 1964 despite how the book had been shunned by mainstream publishers. Manion established Victor Publishing Company to print the book, and the ghost writer who penned it was L. Brent Bozell II (a brother-in-law of William F. Buckley, by marriage to his sister).
