Canwell Committee
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The Interim Committee on Un-American Activities or Joint Legislative Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities, most commonly known as the Canwell Committee, was a special investigative committ
Coverage of the 1919 general strike in the Seattle Union Record
Representative Albert F. Canwell c. 1947
Howard Rushmore (here, in 1957) named Alger Hiss as a Soviet mole in mid-July 1948, less than three weeks before Whittaker Chambers would testify before HUAC on 3 August 1948
Albert F. Canwell
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Albert Franklyn Canwell was an American journalist and politician who served as a member of the Washington State legislature from 1947 to 1949. He is best remembered as the namesake of the Washington
Canwell Committee
…Washington State Legislature which in 1948 investigated the influence of the Communist Party USA in the state of Washington. Named after its chairman, Albert F. Canwell, the committee concentrated on communist influence in the Washington Commonwealth Federation and its relationship to the state Democratic Party, and…
Washington House Speaker Herbert M. Hamblen (1947) appointed Canwell as Canwell Committee chair
Cover of a pamphlet for Canwell's State Senate campaign, 1948