a grant to make this possible so thank you so much the rosenberg foundation and of course i want to thank all the volunteers who worked so hard to make this event happen today. now i'm very excited to introduce our keynote speaker. our keynote speaker is and was the first "lady lawyer" in california. it's true. because when she decided that she wanted to become a lawyer, there was one problem, the law in california didn't allow it. and so she had to change the law, which she did. she also wanted to go to law school right here at hastings college of law but they had a policy that said only men could go do that law school so she sued hastings college of the law and she changed that and she was the first woman to attend hastings law school. and when she got out of law school, there were no jobs. no jobs. because no one would hire women. so what did she do? she became a criminal defense attorney because that was the one place where it didn't matter and she fought harder than a man and that was good enough for her clients and she became one of the top criminal defense attorneys and she p

by 1953 after three years of unrelenting media coverage, the rosenbergs got the chair.all of this seemed to comfort to people in the government that there were spies on every nook and corner in washington. as the journalist richard up once observed senator joseph mccarthy was a political speculator who found his oil gusher in communism. he kicked off his anti-communist crusade in 1950 with a speech in west virginia in which he claimed to have had in his hand a list of 205 known communists currently employed in the state department. julianna and paul were on the road to their new post when the book burning and finger-pointing began. .org by everyone from daschle senate to their close friend the journalist teddy white who covered china from the "time" magazine were banned from the shelves of the uss libraries in europe. paul had to take the books off and see that they were destroyed. rumors about where mccarthy's tactics might lead spread like wildfire. julianna and paul watched in dismay as one after another of the foreign service officers they served with in china among

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the nuremberg trials, the rosenberg case, various other things and actually read the documents as they go i long. water -- >> what about tibet. do you remember tibnet. >> i've heard of it. yes. >> here is what i show. in the late 50s and 60s ultrahad a cove earth program to support the tibet anns in their struggle against the consume fists. part of the program involved black propaganda to distribute reports chinese atrocities to the u.n. and other international bodies. many of these claims are phony. but they persisted as truth among the proponents of a free tibet down to the present day. so it shows our black propaganda techniques used by the united states government. you get away with that? >> john, i'll look into that. supervise that is not an archives question. you want to be talking to the director the cis or the f.b.i. or somebody like that. >> point that person at this. history is a hoot. seeing isn't always believing. the use of trickery and deception that is presentation. >> wonderful entertainment it's part of our fourth of july . >> is it based on fiction or fact. >> i'll l

jolliest and a full rosenberg were arrestarrested on espionag. joseph mccarthy was a speculator who found his oil in communism. he made a speech in west virginia in which he claimed to had in his hand a list of 205 non communist currently employed in the state department. julia and paul were on route to their new post in germany when the book burning and finger-pointing began. work by everyone all the way to their close friend teddy white who covered china for time magazine were banned from the shelves of the libraries in europe. paul had to take the book of himself and see that they were destroyed. rumors about where mccarthy's tactics might lead spread like wildfire. they watched in dismay as one after another of the career foreign service officers they had served with in china including their closest friends were accused of disloyalty and forced out while others quit in disgust. somehow mao's victory in china was seen as part of a master kremlin hot enable by a bunch of secret communists in the state department known collectively as the china

railways, air-conditioned through houston, now leaving for ines, el campo, beasley pleaded children rosenberg, staffland, and houston, all aboard! don't forget your baggage please. why that is relevant is if i had not done that and would not have been able to go to the university of missouri because i couldn't have afforded it and you should know that was the first time i was ever paid money to speak into a microphone. thank you very much. have a great seminar. [applause] >> thank you. you got us off to a rousing start. good morning and welcome. my name is barbara cochran, i in the curtis b. hurley chair for the university of missouri. i still say missouri. i am from ohio. what do i no? it is a delight to see all of you here. thank you to dean mills for coming from missouri and going through tornadoes and all kinds of dangers to get here. we appreciate it and thanks to all our speakers who made it today and i want to thank edgar mclaughlin for creating the curtis b. hurley symposium and to our colleagues from the eric freedman national press club. thank you for being here. i am glad to see so

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in 1953 after three years of media coverage, the rosenbergs got the chair and this seems to confirm inovernment that there were spies in every nook and corner in washington. as the journalists richard once observed, senator joseph mccarthy was a political speculator who found his oil gusher in communism. he kicked off his anticommunism crew said with a speech in wheeling, west virginia, claiming to have had a list of 205 known communists currently employed in the state department. they en route to their new home when the finger pointing began. works from everyone to their close friends teddy white who covered china for "time" were banned from the usis libraries in europe. paul had to take the books off himself and see that they were destroyed. rumors about where mccarthy's tactics would lead spread like wild fire. they watched in dismay as one after another of the career foreign service officers they had served with in china, among them some of their very closest friends were accused of disloyalty and forced out while still others quit in disgust. somehow, victory in china was seen as