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The 'Get Fisher' Squad
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  • Ron C. Judd
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2015
Disciplines
Abstract

Expanding on his recent History Master's thesis, veteran Seattle Times reporter and adjunct Western Washington University Journalism instructor Ron Judd examines the successful 1930s ‘Red Scare’ political campaign to remove Western Washington College of Education President Charles H. Fisher from office. Judd's presentation places Fisher's firing for the first time in the context of local and national anti-communist, "super-patriot" political trends. His study, based on archival research conducted in the collections of Heritage Resources, places Fisher squarely in the crossfire of a prolonged, bitter political war between New Deal liberals and old-guard conservatives in Bellingham, and examines whether the forced removal of Fisher by radical political operatives could happen in Washington state today.

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
College presidents--Dismissal of; Subversive activities--Bellingham (Wash.); Radicalism--Bellingham (Wash.); Conservatives--Bellingham (Wash.); --Bellingham (Wash.)--Politics and government
Subjects - Names (LCNAF)
Fisher, Charles Henry, 1880-1964; Sefrit, Frank I, 1867-1950; Western Washington College of Education; Bellingham Herald (Firm)
Geographic Coverage
Bellingham (Wash.)
Genre/Form
articles
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Ron C. Judd. "The 'Get Fisher' Squad" Window Vol. Fall/Winter 2015 (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ron-judd/3/