On June 1, 1947 Oklahoma and Arkansas were hit by deadly tornadoes which killed dozens of people, and Democrats were calling people who resisted their communist takeover “fascists.”
“Foreign Policy Hit
By Senator Taylor,
Urges LiberalismTells York Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner audience
present foreign policy leads to disaster and has
dealt serious blow to United Nations. Decries the
number of military men in high U. S. posts and
warns of growth of fascist forces in nation. Calls
upon the Democratic party to adopt a fighting pro-
gram of social reform to defeat the GOP. Assails
witch hunt by un-American committee, which he
describes as ‘‘well-named.” Tells of struggle
against bosses in Idaho to win his election to Senate
as unknown actor.”
