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Houston Educator Target of 1950s Inquisition
Houston schools faced a McCarthy era scare as deputy superintendent candidate George Ebey was pushed by anonymous anti communists where a May 1953 school board meeting led to a 3-3 deadlock and Ebey’s firing after an FBI inquiry cleared him of communism but exposed liberal leanings. Bartee Haile invites public comments.
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Joseph McCarthy
Alger Hiss
Rosenbergs
Soviet Union
Wisconsin
Connecticut
United Nations
William E. Moreland
Houston
Portland, Oregon
George Ebey
Ebey
Portland
James Delmar
Ehey
America
American Veterans’ Committee
American Legion
VFW
California
AVC
Ronald Reagan
Henry Cabot Lodge
Harold Stassen
Minute Women
FBI
Bartee Haile
P.O. Box
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