Senate War Investigating Committee

Hughes H-4 Hercules, commonly known as the “Flying Boat” or “spruce goose” was, and still is, the largest wooden aircraft ever designed and flown5. It holds the record for having the biggest wing with a span of 320 feet, which could cover an entire football field2. Henry Fraiser was the man who first proposed the idea of the enormous flying boat based on the demand for a transport plane to support the activities of the US military during World War 24. Frasier approached the famous aircraft designer Howard Hughes and together they formed the Hughes Kaiser Corporation2. They obtained a deal in May, 1942 by the US government that approved the design and demanded the construction of three Hercules capable of carrying the weight of 4 Sherman tanks using a budget of 18 million dollars1. The sea-plane was first designated as HK-1 for Hughes and Kraiser. However, after Henry quit the project due to design and construction problems, Hughes changed the name…

Wells Fargo Scandal Wells Fargo founded, in 1928, is currently one of the World’s largest financial institutions. The company had a stellar reputation in the financial industry, known to be an honest and ethical organization. Wells Fargo is under investigations by the Senate Banking Committee and Federal Officials to determine the level of participation of its senior leadership. The investigations will determine that Senior Leadership played a major role in creating an environment and…

health care summit. April 21, 2009 -- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley embrace the first of three roundtables of health policy and industry experts to debate the development of health care legislation. July 15, 2009 -- The Senate 's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee passes The Affordable Health Choices Act. The bipartisan bill includes more than 160 Republican amendments accepted during the month-long mark-up, one of the longest in…

removing a page from a court transcript. He had made a comment on the record that the specific case was a waste of time for him and he did not want this comment to be seen. (Podair, Jerald, Kimberly Louagie, Richard Fried, Edward Linenthal, Arthur Herman, Michael O'Brien, and David Oshinsky 2004) It seems McCarthy felt the need to lie about things even more than just grades. In 1944, he again showed his disregard for the law and rules, by diverting money to his campaign for the Senate through…

The movie Good Night, and Good Luck shows the conflicts that can arise in a newsroom. We have learned in Mass Communications about media ethics and responsible journalism. In Good Night, and Good Luck the newsman Edward R. Murrow and his news team must decide whether to pursue investigating claims by Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin or to focus on less controversial news. Eventually they choose to go after Senator Joseph McCarthy and his senate committees which investigated Americans of…

In America there have been two Red Scares that occurred, one in the 1920s and the other in 1950s. Both Red Scares in America arose out of fear of communism and foreign policy that could have impacted America greatly, especially since both Red Scares occurred after World War One and World War Two. After World War Two the United States developed a policy of containment to try and stop the spread of Communism. After the Second World War the United States entered the Cold War against the Soviet…

The Second Red Scare The Second Red Scare was a time of hysteria in American history that impacted daily life in America and contributed to the tensions of the Cold War. Senator Joseph McCarthy took advantage of the fear of communism to defeat political rivals and personal enemies. Several famous actors, composers, and directors were blacklisted and their careers destroyed under suspicion of being communist. Loyalty oaths were implemented into the workplace, and people had to testify…

into office America was in the middle of the Second World War. The war had already been going on for six years before Truman became president. Truman was a Senator and was the leader of a committee in the Senate investigating the National Defense Program when he was vice president. Some of the most influential people in Truman’s life were his advisers. They helped him make the biggest decision that he has ever had to make. That decision was to drop the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and…

bad influence on American history. It all began with the politics in the 1960’s during the time in which the US was involved in the Vietnam war and deeply divided internally. In such a harsh political climate, Republican President Richard Nixon (who was running for reelection) and his key advisors thought it was vital to have a forceful presidential…

The Crucible Research Paper By: Ashley Cocayne Topics: McCarthyism & Family Teacher: Mrs. Firzlaff Period: 2 McCarthyism is an anti-communist movement. It was enforced by looking at the citizens political parties and views to see who would likely be a communist or have communistic ties. It was similar to the Salem Witch Trials in that to not be named a witch you had to give names of others, in McCarthyism you were forced to give names. If you did not give them names you were either believed to…