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IEEE members and Joseph McCarthy's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 17:43:15 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Steven Cherry <s.cherry () ieee org> Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 12:07:11 -0400 To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Joseph McCarthy's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Dave, I've just started reading the transcripts of the secret McCarthy Senate subcommittee hearings <http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/senate12cp107.html> but I can hardly tear myself away to write this. I hope everyone takes a few minutes to look through them and more fully appreciate the errors of the past (and to consider how easily history could repeat itself today). According to today's NY Times <http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/06/national/06MCCA.html>, 42 army engineers lost their jobs after testifying. Many of them were probably mining, mechanical, or civil engineers, but several engineers who testified, apparently, worked at places like RCA, Zenith, Voice of America, and the Federal Telecommunications Laboratories, and so might have been members of the IEEE (or, more properly, its ancestor society, the IRE). We at IEEE Spectrum would be interested to talk with any Institute members who have any connection at all to the subcommittee, especially anyone who lost a job, or was blacklisted, or knew or is related to anyone who was. It would be a great service to us if you could post this request. Steven -- -- Steven Cherry, +1 212-419-7566 Senior Associate Editor IEEE Spectrum, 3 Park Ave, New York, NY 10016 <s.cherry () ieee org> <http://www.spectrum.ieee.org> ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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