1947 · [Washington DC]
by Rankin, John E.
[Washington DC], 1947. 3p., 7.5x11 inches, "Bill to outlaw CP lit. in mail, etc." penciled in red across the top of the first page. Rankin, a Mississippi Democrat with virulent racist and anti-Semitic views, here sought to ban Communist material from the mails and to prohibit any teaching that conveyed Red sympathies. The bill was referred to the Committee on Un-American Activities. (Inventory #: 330975)