Washington Pension Union records, 1933-1961.

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Washington Pension Union records, 1933-1961.

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Correspondence, minutes, pamphlets and ephemera, financial records, newsletters, legislation, photographs, court papers, audiotape recordings, clippings, 1906-1965 (bulk 1933-1961). Includes records regarding hearings by the U.S. Senate Subversive Activities Control Board investigating William J. Pennock for violations of the Smith Act, and personal papers of William J. Pennock and Lenus Westman. Also includes a microfilm copy of papers at the Truman Library regarding the WPU. Major correspondents include Norman P. Atkinson, C.H. Fisher, Mabel Conrad, Thomas C. Rabbitt, Terry Pettus, and Louise Pennock.

6.17 cubic ft. (14 boxes, 1 tube)

University of Washington. Libraries

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University of Washington. Libraries

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United States. Subversive Activities Control Board

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The United States Subversive Activities Control Board was created in 1950 in conjunction with enactment of the Internal Security Act of 1950. This act, known as the McCarran Act after its author Senator Pat McCarran, did not outlaw the Communist Party but sought to secure its control through regulation (or perhaps more likely, its dissolution rather than submit to such control). It required registration with the United States government of domestic "communist-action organizations" (defined as or...

Washington Pension Union

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Founded in 1937 under the name Old Age Pension Union, the group's name was changed to Washington Pension Union in 1944. It dissolved in 1961. It advocated adequate pensions for the elderly and public assistance for the needy. William J. Pennock was a founder and president of the Washington Pension Union until his death in 1953. From the guide to the Washington Pension Union records, 1906-1965, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections) Washington S...

Washington (State). Dept. of Public Assistance.

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Conrad, Mabel.

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Pennock, William J. (William Jonathan), -1953

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Atkinson, Norman Joseph

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Westman, Lenus.

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Rabbitt, Thomas C., 1905-1961

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Political leader, Washington State. Thomas C. Rabbitt was born in 1905. He was a Washington State Senator (Democrat) from 1942-1946; Vice-President of the Washington Pension Union, 1938-1961; Executive Secretary of the Progressive Party of Washington, 1952-1953; and Executive Secretary of the Washington Commonwealth Federation from 1942-1946. Rabbitt was an air raid warden during World War II. He was called to testify before the Velde committee circa 1953 or 1954. He die...

Pennock, Louise.

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Washington Commonwealth Federation

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Fisher, Charles Henry, 1880-1964

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College president and educator. From the description of Papers, 1938-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71123568 ...

Pettus, Terry, 1904-

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Mr. Pettus, born in 1904, was president of Tacoma Newspaper Guild during 1935-1937 strike, and provisional president of Seattle Chapter during its organizational drive in 1936 to Portland, Spokane, Victoria, Vancouver (B.C.), Great Falls. From the guide to the Terry Pettus papers, 1927-1984, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections) ...