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News clippings : Red Squad, 1939

Wednesday, November 15, 1939

A2001-074

AF/162812

Two articles regarding the Portland Red Squad. Roger N. Baldwin, director of the American Civil Liberties union charged that Portland was one of three remaining cities to have a Red Squad. Mayor Joseph K. Carson denies that Portland has a red squad. Baldwin also criticized Portland's movie censorship board and the picket legislation law. Organization : Oregonian ; Oregon Journal People : Baldwin, Roger N. ; Carson, Joseph K ; Hampson, Alfred ; Landye, James Key Words : Red Squad ; police ; Mayor ; civil liberties ; American Civil Liberties Union ; ACLU