Draft:Alfred Newell Johnson
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Alfred Newell Johnson (1915-1989)
He was a candidate for California's Seventh District in the 1940 Congressional election running as a Communist. His brochure advertised him as "For Peace, Jobs and Security".[1]
The New York Public Library has a collection of his papers.[2] A radiotelephone operator license renewal application hearing was held after he was accused of being a Communist.[3]
He was mentioned at a hearing about "Communist Infiltration of the Atomic Bomb Project".[4] He was indentified as a member of the Young Communist League and as a "Negro from Oakland".[5]
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- ^ Committee, Johnson for Congress (July 22, 1940). "For Peace, Jobs and Security: Alfred Newell Johnson Candidate for Congress 7th District". Johnson for Congress Committee – via Google Books.
- ^ A. Newell Johnson papers. July 22, 1920. OCLC 933413607 – via Open WorldCat.
- ^ Commission, United States Federal Communications. "Federal Communications Commission Reports. V. 1-45, 1934/35-1962/64; 2d Ser., V. 1- July 17/Dec. 27, 1965-". Federal Communications Commission – via Google Books.
- ^ Activities, United States Congress House Committee on Un-American (July 22, 1949). "Hearings Regarding Communist Infiltration of Radiation Laboratory and Atomic Bomb Project at the University of California, Berkeley, Calif. ...: Hearings Before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, First [-second] Session". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ^ House, United States Congress (July 22, 1939). "Hearings". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
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