"Family Letters", July-December 1954

File — Box: 2, Folder: 15

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

August 6, 1954 - Sen. Joseph McCarthy's problems with his Senate Colleagues are outlined by Bennett in this letter.
October 26, 1954 - Circumstances leading to the resignation of congressman Douglas Stringfellow. Among those involved in the resignation were Mormon Church president, David O. McKay, Ezra Taft Benson, Mormon Church apostle and secretary of Agriculture; Utah governor, J. Bracken Lee, Senator Arthur Watkins and Senator Bennett.
December 6, 1954 - The rules of Senator Arthur Watkin and Bennett's in the Joseph McCarthy Senate censure hearings are noted.

Dates

July-December 1954

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