Papers, 1940-1982.

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Papers, 1940-1982.

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Papers, mainly 1958-1968, of an attorney, career government employee, and former Federal Communications Commission member and chairman. Included are speeches and writings; correspondence; biographical clippings; and subject files relating to equal time and political broadcasting, the fairness doctrine, UHF/VHF allocations, the Legislative Oversight Subcommittee's investigations of the FCC during the 1950s, and other topics. Files dating both from his early legal career with the FCC and the Federal Security Agency include material on two of the most famous cases to come before the FCC: the Paramount anti-trust case and the George Richards news-slanting case.

8.0 c.f. (21 archives boxes) and1 disc recording; plusadditions of 44 photographs and1 drawing.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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