Curtis D. MacDougall
Template:TOCnestleft Prof Curtis D. MacDougall a journalist, teacher and author, in November 1985 He was 82 years old. At the time he died of complications after surgery for a broken hip he was working on the ninth edition of his journalism textbook Interpretative Reporting.'
His other books included Hoaxes; Superstition and the Press; a three-volume history of the Progressive Party, and Principles of Editorial Writing.
He is survived by his wife, Genevieve, and five children[1].
Career
McDougall worked for United Press, The St. Louis Star-Times, The Chicago Sun and several other newspapers. He was state supervisor of the Federal Writers Project in Illinois from 1939 to 1942.
From 1942 to 1971 he taught at Northwestern University[2].
Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace
Curtis D. MacDougall was a sponsor of the Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace which ran from March 25 - 27, 1949 in New York City. It was arranged by a Communist Party USA front organization known as the National Council of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions. The conference was a follow-up to a similar gathering, the strongly anti-America, pro-Soviet World Congress of Intellectuals which was held in Poland, August 25 - 28, 1948.[3]
National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee
As of May 1964, C. MacDougall Journalism, Northwestern University, was listed as a sponsor of the Communist Party USA front, National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights
In 1965 Curtis MacDougall was a Vice-Chairmn of Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights[4]
In 1970 Curtis MacDougall was still a Vice Chairman of Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights[5].
References
- ↑ New York Times November 13, 1985
- ↑ New York Times November 13, 1985
- ↑ Review of the Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace by the Committee on Un-American Activities, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., April 19, 1949
- ↑ Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights Letterhead Feb 1965
- ↑ Full text of "The nationwide drive against law enforcement intelligence operations : hearing before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session page 151