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Estate sale find, vintage original Red Scare McCarthyism Christian Anti-Communism Crusade Newsletter, 1961.
Frederick Charles Schwarz (1913-2009) was an Australian physician, author, and political activist who founded the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade (CACC). He made a number of speaking tours in the United States in the 1950s, and in 1960 moved his base of operations to California.
In the early 1960s, Schwarz gained a national following through his television network and powerful allies among southern California anticommunists: Walter Knott, founder of Knott\'s Berry Farm and member of the John Birch Society, and Patrick Frawley, a magnate whose portfolio included Paper Mate and Technicolor. Knott and Frawley provided financial support to Barry Goldwater\'s 1964 presidential campaign, and they funded Schwarz\'s anticommunist rallies.
Schwarz organized a \"Southern California School of Anti-Communism\" that filled the 16,000-seat Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena from 28 August to 1 September 1961. The opening night\'s most popular speaker was Ronald Reagan. According to Morrie Ryskind, writing in The Los Angeles Times, \"The evening sessions, featuring nationally known speakers, were televised, and those who should know tell me that some three million people listened in nightly. At any rate, I can honestly say that in my 25 years in Los Angeles I have never known a local event that so completely captured the enthusiasm of the city.
\"A subsequent event, the three-hour \"Hollywood\'s Answer to Communism\" held at the Hollywood Bowl on 16 October 1961, featured such celebrities as Roy Rogers, John Wayne, James Stewart and U.S. Senator Thomas J. Dodd. Television critic John Crosby described it as \"a monster three-hour concentration of pure venom on television... in which the patriots suggested again and again that the United States was largely peopled by traitors.\"
The item measures approximately 8.5\" X 11\", 6 pages, approximate shipping weight 4 ounces.
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