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When The World Seemed New: Ue Local 301 And The Decline Of The American Labor Movement, Jacob Houser
When The World Seemed New: Ue Local 301 And The Decline Of The American Labor Movement, Jacob Houser
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On February 19, 1954 Senator Joseph McCarthy made his return to Albany, New York to expunge any subversive elements within the defense industry, particularly at the Schenectady General Electric plant. McCarthy was willing to bring anyone down with him that he could. A man named Charles Rivers was called forth to testify on the first day of the hearings. Rivers did not know that he was being brought before Senator McCarthy as a suspected Communist, but McCarthy in turn did not know that Rivers did not even work for General Electric. Once he realized he had the wrong man, all …