Elmer Charles Kistler papers, 1917-1996 (bulk 1964-1984).
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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...
Kistler, Elmer Charles.
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Elmer Charles Kistler was a long-time Washington State labor unionist and Communist Party activist committed to social justice, labor rights, and racial equality. Born in 1915 in Cleveland, Wisconsin, Kistler and his family moved to Longview, Washington, in 1926. In 1934 Kistler moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington. As a student, he helped organize a local student union, organized peace demonstrations, and picketed in support of union organization. He entered the army as a vol...
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