42. Politics-Left-Wing Infiltration,, 1930-1980

Summary:Documents what CR saw as left-wing or communist infiltration into politics, religion, the arts and science in the U.S. between 1935 and 1980 Includes newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, periodicals, memoranda, and other materials. Letters are mostly from F.J. Schlink and concern CR's attempts at supplying the FBI, the Pentagon & Martin Dies' Un-American Activities committee with information on leftist activities. Subjects concern left wing infiltration into newspapers, magazines, books, advertisement, foundations, libraries, entertainment, radio, television, film, art, music, theater, literature, college professors, colleges, schools, textbooks, churches, government, the armed forces, veteran's organizations, the United Nations, business and the rich, consumer organizations, women's clubs, civic organizations, science, individual scientists and scientific organizations. Also includes files on several "leftist" newspapers and magazines.

Also see the Anti-Communist and Other Movements and Fellow Travellers and Front Organizations series. See also the Magazine and Newspaper series.