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Ronald Reagan

Reagan fights the Communist infiltration of Hollywood during the McCarthy era, and his committee discusses “requests from Screenwriters Richard Weil and Allen Campbell for help in clearing their names of accusations of having been Communists.”

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Reagan fights the Communist infiltration of Hollywood during the McCarthy era, and his committee discusses “requests from Screenwriters Richard Weil and Allen Campbell for help in clearing their names of accusations of having been Communists.”

DS, ten pages, 8.5 x 11, August 20, 1952. Records of the meetings of the Motion Picture Industry Council, on which Reagan served as secretary. Minutes cover the council’s discussions on the Communist infiltration of the industry. In part, “requests from Screenwriters Richard Weil and Allen Campbell for help in clearing their names of accusations of having been Communists, and an instruction given the Executive Secretary to provide ‘whatever information he felt would be helpful.’” In fine condition. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.

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