Lucille Cardin Crain (née Marie Lucille Gabrielle Cardin; 18 August 1901 Pike River, Quebec – February 1983 Wainscott, New York)
Publications
edit- Packaged Thinking for Women, a quarterly pamphlet written by Lucille Cardin Crain and Ann Burrows Hamilton (née Martha Anne Burrows; 1903–1976),[1][2] a lawyer, was sent to 10 million women. First published in Autumn 1948 as a supplement to the magazine American Affairs OCLC 637013158 (all editions); c/o the National Industrial Conference Board, Inc., 247 Park Avenue, New York. OCLC 10964161 (all editions) Editors included William Starr Myers of Princeton and Louis H. Haney (1882–1969), professor of economics at New York University. For her contention that textbooks are heavily slanted, she drew upon quotes from John T. Flynn.[3]
- The Educational Reviewer was founded in 1949 by Lucille Cardin Crain (née Lucille Cardin; 1901–1983), a conservative activist whose primary interest was in – as she stated in 1951 – "rooting out radical influences in American education." In each issue, arch-conservative academicians and writers offered their views of high school and college textbooks as evidence of collectivist content and the like. The publication, for the first three years, was chiefly financed by William F. Buckley, Jr. The Reviewer was published for the Conference of American Small Business Organizations, Committee on Education. The publication's executives included Lucille Cardin Crain, Secretary and Editor-in-chief; George Dudley Hawkins, Sr. (1885–1966), Chairman.
- Radio show, broadcast by WGN Mutual, Americans, Speak Up! aired Sundays at 10:15 PM, hosted by Bill Slater, produced by America's Future, Inc., 210 East 43rd Street, New York. John T. Flynn joined forces with America’s Future in 1950.
- In 1947, Crain criticized the National Council of Catholic Women for its support of the New Deal.
Writings of Hamilton
editAffiliations
edit- Vice President of the Republican Committee of One Hundred, Inc., incorporated in New York October 31, 1957. Jeanne Edith Kerbs (maiden; 1994–1984), who had inherited a fortune from her father, Edward A. Kerbs (1867–1919), a wholesale cigar manufacturer.
- Director of the Conference of Small Business Organizations
- Co-Chair of the Committee to Oppose Atlantica (see Atlantic Union)
- In 1966, First Vice President of Women for Constitutional Government; Mary Cain (née Mary Tulula Dawson; 1904–1984) was President. In 1980, she was named President emeritus of the organization. Cain was known for being a segregationist, anti-income tax, and anti-Social Security tax. Women for Constitutional Government, from about 1964 to about 1968, published The Woman Constitutionalist. For twenty years Cain published the Constitutionalist, which supported Phyllis Schlafly, opposed the Equal Rights Amendment, and featured a column Cain wrote as well as excerpts from other conservative periodicals.
- Congress of Freedom, Inc.,[4][5] an organization founded by Mary Cain which published Congress of Freedom News. OCLC 17782282.
- The Woman Constitutionalist, 310 W. Robb St., P.O. Box 220, Summit, Miss. 39666. Monthly. 20c ; $2 year. (Nov 1968; Dec 1968; Jan 1969)
- Official organ of Women for Constitutional Government, an organization dedicated to the defeat of communism, promotion of a global deference to American nationalism and economic interests, narrow interpretation of the Constitution, and fundamentalist approach to the Bible. Largely a paste-up of reprinted southern newspaper articles, syndicated conservative columns and cartoons. The activities of WCG are chronicled, such as their letter-writing campaigns and orchids a-quiver meetings and speeches. Edited by Mary Cain, who also runs the weekly Summit Sun, Newspaper With a Personality.
- Member of the John Birch Society[6]
- The Woman Constitutionalist. Summit, Mississippi: Women for Constitutional Government (Vol. 1, No. 2, October 3, 1964).
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Operation Textbook
edit- Neil Carothers, PhD (1884–1965)
- Medford Stanton Evans, PhD (1934–2015)
- Albert Hoyt Hobbs, PhD (1910–1994)
- Willmoore Kendall, PhD (1909–1967)
- Russell Kirk (1918–1994), MA, D. Litt.
- Ella Lonn (1979–1962), PhD
- Marie Regina Madden, PhD (1887–1973)
- J.B. Matthews (1894–1966)
- William Montgomery McGovern, PhD (1897–1964)
- Felix Morley, PhD (1894–1982)
- E. Merrill Root, PhD
- Charles Callan Tansill, PhD (1890–1964)
Controversies
editCrain had been accused of red-baiting by columnist Westbrook Pegler.[7]
Quotes
editIn a letter from Crain to Robert W. Welch, Jr., founder of the John Birch Society: "Via the grapevine, I heard of a book or monograph you distributed privately which deals with our President. Would you trust me with a copy?" – Lucille Cardin Crain[8]
Family
editLucille's husband, Kenneth Cardwell Crain (1883–1969), was a brother of Gustavus Demetrious Crain, Jr. (1885–1973), founder of Crain Communications. Her two brothers were Roman Catholic priests, Victor Joseph Cardin (1900–1992) and Paul Armand Cardin (1909–1972). Paul Cardin was a graduate of Crozier Seminary of Onamia, Minnesota. Both Victor and Paul are of the Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross (OSC). When Lucille's husband died, he was retired as editor of Advertising Age.
See also
edit- Lucille Cardin Crain papers, 1920-1978, courtesy of Archives West, Orbis Cascade Alliance, University of Oregon. OCLC 66464201
- Amos Fries papers, 1903-1952. OCLC 811640586
- Documentations of U.N. plot to destroy U.S. OCLC 48854001 (all editions)
- Mary M. Davison (née Mary Elizabeth Margaret Philomy; 1896–1978), widow of Clyde Ellsworth Davison (1889–1939), a confectioner in Poughkeepsie, who she married around 1937.
- Who is Mary M. Davison, the Council for Statehood is connected to the Congress of Freedom, Inc. CFS's objective is to eliminate the Council on Foreign Relations, through legislation, if possible, "or by xxxxxxxxxx, if necessary".[9] In other words, Council For Statehood members (aka Freeman) were thought by the FBI to be prime candidates for carrying out assassinations of prominent Americans after a Miami police informant (Willie Augustus Somersett) told Miami PD that such assassinations were discussed at the April 4-6, 1963 Annual Convention of the Congress of Freedom held in New Orleans. [See FBI HQ 157-758, #20; SAC Miami to J. Edgar Hoover.] Davison was the Council's leader.
- Other works by Davison
- "A Special Open Letter To The United States Senators". West Palm Beach FL: Council on American Relations, 4pp
- "The Secret Government of the United States". Omaha NE: The Greater Nebraskan, 124pp
- "The Robbers' Roost". West Palm Beach FL: Council For Statehood, 30pp
- "The Second Rebellion". Lighthouse Point FL: Council For Statehood, 58pp
- "The Hidden Hand". Freedom Press, no specific date shown, 120pp-see note below under 1961 Davison entries
- Council for Statehood FBI files
- Davison/Crain FBI files
- Davison FBI files
- Davison became National President of Women for Constitutional Government, 1968 link
- Penname was sometimes Mary M. McPhilomy link
- Davison, in 1939, was sentenced to 30 days in jail in Poughkeepsie for disorderly conduct after picketing at the Ulster County Courthouse in Kingston. She served the full sentence and was released November 5, 1939. While she was in jail, her husband, a paraplegic since the age of 10, died at the Vassar College Hospital. Mrs. Davison, upon release, was assigned to the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital. She sued two physicians for committing her. She lost. The defendants were Dr. Lester Edwin Sanford (1893–1983), Kingston Health Officer, and Dr. James Andrew Mathers (1894–1959). She alleged that they had maliciously signed papers committing her to the hospital.[10]
- See Citizens' Councils (search Mary's name and 'White Citizen's Council)
- read this by William P. Hoar, a frequent contributor to the John Birch Society.
- Davison, Mary M. (April 17, 1975). Smith, Joseph McKinnon ("Mack") (1913–1981) (ed.). "Rockefeller, The War Lord of Vietnam". The Utah Independent (weekly conservative tabloid). Vol. 6, no. 16. Salt Lake City. pp. 1 & 11. Retrieved April 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com → Taglines: "The paper that dares to take a stand." – "Dedicated to the Constitution, liberty, morality, and truth" – "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty."
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- Davison, Mary M. (January 15, 1972). McGinley, Conde (ed.). "Child Development Act – 'Advocates' with Police Powers". Common Sense. No. 597. Union, New Jersey. pp. 1 & 2. Retrieved April 26, 2021 – via Reveal Digital Tagline → "The nation's anti-communist newspaper"
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File
edit- Page 47:
- 200 File 157-6-
- serials #956 thru #960 plus #985 thru #990
- 200 File 157-00-76 (8/20/64) and
- 157-00-77 (9/8/64) and,
- 157-00, unrecorded, which is
- 8/2/66 Joseph A. Sullivan to Hoover
- 250 File 157-758, serials #1-#70 Mary McPhilomy Davison
- 072-10-6449; b. March 1896; d. 06-1978
- 200 Association of Christian Conservatives aka Christian Conservative Leadership Council
- (Jackson, MS)
- Please search BOTH names
- President = Elmore D. Greaves
- Mary Dawson Cain; b: circa 1905; d. 05-06-84
- (see FOI #955155 for POD)
- 200 Ross Robert Barnett
- From 1960–1964, Mr. Barnett was Governor of Mississippi
- Edwin Anderson Walker b. 11-10-09; d. 10-31-93 (See FOI for POD)
- 200 Virginia Hedrick; b. 03-31-03; d. 02-05-00
- Ms. Hedrick (Houston TX) was National Secretary of Minute Women of the USA, Inc. and Chairman. Pro-America (Houston chapter) and Chairman, Texas Women for Constitutional Government
- 250 Herald of Freedom (Zarephath NJ) Newsletter published and edited by Frank A. Capell
- Francis Alphonse Capell aka Frank A. Capell
- 200 Hoover Official and Confidential Files: Riots Summer 1964 Folder
- Please provide the following
- 9-14-64 memo "Communist Involvement in Racial Disturbances"
- 9-10-64 memo James M. Bland to William Sullivan, #4
- 9-25-64 memo DeLoach to Mohr, #98
- 9-25-64 memo Hoover to Tolson, Belmont, Rosen, Sullivan, DeLoach, #97
- 200 Donald Lester Jackson (POD enclosed)
- 565-18-9976; b. 01-23-10; d. 05-27-81
- Mr. Jackson served in the U.S. Congress from 1947–1961 and subsequently was a radio/TV commentator. He was appointed by President Nixon as a commissioner on Interstate Commerce Commission in 1969
- Julia Clarice Brown (FBI informant) b. 01-11-1898; d. 09-09-89
- Matthew Cvetic aka Matt Cvetic (FBI informant)
- Dallas Bedford Lewis aka D.B. Lewis b. 07-24-04; d. 04-25-66
- Robert J. Morris; b. 09-30-14; d. 12-29-96 (see FOI for POD)
- John Harbin Rousselot; b. 11-01-27; d. 05-11-03 (see FOI for POD)
- Willard Cleon Skousen aka W. Cleon Skousen (former FBI Special Agent); b. 01-20-13; d. 01-09-06 (POD sent to HQ 3/23/06)
- Loyd Wright; b. 12-12-1892; d. 10-22-74
- Administratively Canceled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in a Fee Dispute With Researcher Ernie Lazar – requested date: 2009.
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Bibliography
editAnnotations
editNotes
editReferences
edit- Westbrook, Pegler (December 18, 1952). "Red-Baiters Are Also Human". Editorials. The Spokesman-Review. Vol. 70, no. 218 (Mail ed.). p. 4. Retrieved April 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Lady Publisher Speaks to GOP Women's Club of Ogle County". The Neighborhood Page. Dixon Evening Telegraph. Vol. 102, no. 108 (Mail ed.). Dixon, Illinois. May 7, 1953. p. 11. Retrieved April 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- John Warren Davis, in 1951, President of West Virginia State University, stated at the 89th annual convention of the National Education Association that the Committee on Education, Conference of American Small Business Organizations was among the top ten subversive organizations that were a threat to public education.
- Nickerson, Michelle M., PhD (2012). "Chapter 2". Mothers of Conservatism: Women and the Postwar Right. Princeton University Press. p. 54. Retrieved April 26, 2021 – via Google Books.
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- Kaczorowski, Florence (March 31, 2015). "'The Heart and Soul of Patriotic America': American Conservative Women Crusading For the 'Bricker Amendment' (1953–1957)". European Journal of American Studies. Special Issue: Women in the USA. 10 (1): 17, 24, 28, 34. doi:10.4000/ejas.10647. Retrieved April 26, 2021. ISSN 1991-9336 (publication), OCLC 8081468838, 5822617578, 6733777919 (article).
- Hamilton, Anne Burrows (June 26, 1947). "The Freedom Train Project – List of Exhibits Criticized and Doubt Expressed as to Its Intent". Letters to the Editor. New York Times, The. Vol. 96, no. 32660 (Late City ed.). p. 22. Retrieved April 26, 2021 – via TimesMachine.
- McRae, Elizabeth Gillespie (July 11, 2017). "Women for Constitutional Government". Mississippi Encyclopedia. University Press of Mississippi. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- Draper, Hal, ed. (October 1, 1951). "Under Savage Attack" (PDF). Labor Action ("Independent Socialist Weekly"). Vol. 15, no. 40. New York. Retrieved April 26, 2021. ISSN 0094-6850 (publication); OCLC 1755394 (all editions) (publication).
- Gracey, Lochard Flood, Jr. (1923–2007)) (April 10, 1963). The Congress of Freedom, Inc (PDF). Miami: Bert Friedman, General Reporting (Bertram J. Friedman, 1919–2006). Retrieved April 26, 2021 – via The Harold Weisberg Archive, Hood College, Frederick, Maryland → Detective Gracey's report of his informant to Detective Sergeant Charles Howard Sapp (1917–1988), Intelligence Unit, City of Miami Police Department, and Richard Earl Gerstein (1923–1992), State Attorney, Dade County, Florida.
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- Scott, Peter Dale (2015). Dallas '63: The First Deep State Revolt Against the White House. New York: Open Road Integrated Media. Retrieved April 26, 2021 – via Google Books. OCLC 1090406705 (all editions).
- Schoenwald, Jonathan Mark, PhD (2003) [2001]. A Time for Choosing: The Rise of Modern American Conservatism. Oxford University Press. p. 72. Retrieved April 27, 2021 – via Google Books.
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- Slater, Bill (interviewer); Crain, Lucille Cardin (1901–1983) (interviewee) (October 15, 1950). Crain, Lucille Cardin (ed.). "Excerpts of a radio broadcast entitled 'What Is Taught to Your Children'". Educational Reviewer (quarterly). 2. Conference of American Small Business Organizations, Committee on Education; Lucille Cardin Crain, Secretary; George Dudley Hawkins, Sr. (1885–1966), Chairman (from the radio show, broadcast by WGN Mutual, Americans, Speak Up! aired Sundays at 10:15 PM, hosted by Bill Slater, produced by America's Future, Inc., 210 East 43rd Street, New York)
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- "Davison, Mary P.". Army Intelligence Report. Retrieved April 26, 2021 – via Internet Archive (made available through the Freedom of Information Act, April 17, 2001)
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- "Mrs. Davison Loses Suit Against Doctors". Poughkeepsie Eagle-News. Platt & Platt, Inc. May 16, 1941. p. 8. Retrieved April 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Root, E. Merrill (1959) [1958]. Brainwashing In the High Schools – An Examination of Eleven American History Textbooks. New York: The Devin-Adair Company. Retrieved April 26, 2021 – via Internet Archive
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The author dedicated the book to his four grandchildren:
- Joyce Merrill Landon (1941–2010), who, in 1965, married Enayetur Rahim (1938–2003)
- Frank Voorhees Landon (born 1943)
- Leslie
- Stephen Hugh O'Kane (1957–1969)
- Root, E. Merrill (July 30, 1952). Frank Chodorov → associate (ed.). "Darkness at Noon in American Colleges". Human Events. Vol. 9, no. 31. Washington, D.C. pp. 1–4. ISSN 0018-7194 (publication); OCLC 605089107 (all editions) (publication).