1952, Stevenson vs. Eisenhower: The Fund Crisis

American Elections: Wicked Game

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🗓️ 14 July 2020

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Summary

Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower takes on a determined Democratic party united behind the popular Illinois governor, Adlai Stevenson. But in the run up to the 1952 contest, Ike’s biggest cross to bear is not the Democrats; it’s a member of his own party. As Ike defies the Republican establishment and fights for the White House on his own terms, he does his best to reign in his Vice President; a political power house named Richard Nixon.

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0:00.0	It's August 1948 at the Hotel Commodore in New York, the House on American Activities
0:18.5	Committee, or HUAC, has assembled in room 1400 to gather evidence against Alger Hiss, a
0:24.5	former State Department employee.
0:27.0	Hiss sits in a chair across from a stenographer, several investigators, and a handful of stern
0:31.6	phased United States Congressmen.
0:33.9	Mr. Hiss, we're here today to determine the truth or falsity of testimony given by Mr.
0:38.2	Whitaker Chambers.
0:40.0	Whitaker Chambers, a confessed former communist, has accused Hiss of being a communist spy.
0:45.9	Hiss says Chambers is lying.
0:47.6	He says he doesn't know Chambers, and when shown a picture of him, Hiss doesn't recognize
0:51.9	Chambers.
0:52.9	So either Hiss is lying, or Chambers is.
0:55.8	One freshman congressman from California is determined to get the truth.
0:59.6	To clarify Mr. Hiss, the purpose of this hearing is for the purpose of identification only,
1:05.1	but identification is not the only purpose.
1:07.9	There's a lot on the line with Alger Hiss.
1:10.5	HUAC has made several attempts to prove the legitimacy of the domestic communist threat,
1:15.1	but most of their efforts have come up short and have come under fire from President
1:18.9	Truman.
1:19.9	HUAC's detractors say that the committee is purposefully exaggerating the threat, creating communist
1:25.1	hysteria.
1:26.1	But the freshman congressman from California is a true believer.
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