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| | ==Hiss, the Rosenbergs, and McCarthy== | | ==Hiss, the Rosenbergs, and McCarthy== |
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| − | The ''National Guardian'' drew its readership largely from the [[Progressive Party]]. The first issue featured an article by progressive [[Henry Wallace]], whom the ''National Guardian'' endorsed as a presidential candidate on the independent ballot that year. The paper also found support in the [[American Labor Party]]. Congressman [[Vito Marcantonio]] was especially enthusiastic about the paper. It reported on such issues and events as the trial and execution of [[Ethel and Julius Rosenberg]], charged with atomic espionage for the Soviet Union. The National Guardian also was took up the causes of [[Alger Hiss]], [[Corliss Lamont]], and Ann and Carl Braden. <ref>Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, Guide to the Cedric Belfrage Papers 1922-1990. </ref> | + | The ''National Guardian'' drew its readership largely from the [[Progressive Party]]. The first issue featured an article by progressive [[Henry Wallace]], whom the ''National Guardian'' endorsed as a presidential candidate on the independent ballot that year. The paper also found support in the [[American Labor Party]]. Congressman [[Vito Marcantonio]] was especially enthusiastic about the paper. It reported on such issues and events as the trial and execution of Ethel and [[Julius Rosenberg]], charged with atomic espionage for the Soviet Union. The National Guardian also was took up the causes of [[Alger Hiss]], [[Corliss Lamont]], and Ann and Carl Braden. <ref>Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, Guide to the Cedric Belfrage Papers 1922-1990. </ref> |
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| | In 1953 Aronson and Belfrage were subpoenaed to testify before the [[Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations]] chaired by [[Sen. Joseph McCarthy]] of Wisconsin. The ''National Guardian'' declared the investigation | | In 1953 Aronson and Belfrage were subpoenaed to testify before the [[Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations]] chaired by [[Sen. Joseph McCarthy]] of Wisconsin. The ''National Guardian'' declared the investigation |
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| | Following their testimony at a public hearings on May 14, 1953 <ref>[http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06amay20030700/www.gpo.gov/congress/senate/mccarthy/83870.html Executive Sessions of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations], Vol. 2, Eighty-third Congress, 14 May 1953, pgs. 1135-1164.</ref>, Cedric Belfrage was arrested on a deportation warrant and held on Ellis Island until he was released on bond on June 10. He was ordered deported on December 9, 1954. After losing his appeal, he was again arrested in May 1955 and deported to Great Britain in August 1955. | | Following their testimony at a public hearings on May 14, 1953 <ref>[http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06amay20030700/www.gpo.gov/congress/senate/mccarthy/83870.html Executive Sessions of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations], Vol. 2, Eighty-third Congress, 14 May 1953, pgs. 1135-1164.</ref>, Cedric Belfrage was arrested on a deportation warrant and held on Ellis Island until he was released on bond on June 10. He was ordered deported on December 9, 1954. After losing his appeal, he was again arrested in May 1955 and deported to Great Britain in August 1955. |
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| − | Aronson continued to publish the ''National Guardian'' until 1967, when he resigned. The papers masthead was changed from "progressive" to "[[radical]]" newsweekly and later the name was changed to simply ''Guardian''. | + | Aronson continued to publish the ''National Guardian'' until 1967, when he resigned. The papers masthead was changed from "progressive" to "[[radical]]" newsweekly and later the name was changed to simply ''Guardian''. |
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| | ==An appreciation of Ho Chi Minh== | | ==An appreciation of Ho Chi Minh== |