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What happened to Millard Tydings?
Tydings died at his farm, “Oakington”, near Havre de Grace, Maryland. He was buried in Angel Hill Cemetery.
Who said have you no decency?
Wisconsin Republican senator Joseph R. McCarthy rocketed to public attention in 1950 with his allegations that hundreds of Communists had infiltrated the State Department and other federal agencies.
What is the meaning of Tydings?
Irish: adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Tuaruis(c), an altered form of Ó hUarghuis ‘descendant of Uarghus’ meaning ‘cold choice’. The English form is a translation of tuairisc ‘tidings’, a word which is in fact unrelated to the Gaelic name.
What is good tidings mean?
Tidings is an old-fashioned word for recent news. If someone says “I bring you good tidings!” it means they have information to share that you’ll probably like.
What was the purpose of the Tydings Committee?
The Subcommittee on the Investigation of Loyalty of State Department Employees, more commonly referred to as the Tydings Committee, was a subcommittee authorized by S.Res. 231 in February 1950 to look into charges by Joseph R. McCarthy that he had a list of individuals who were known by the Secretary of State to be members…
What did the Tydings Committee say about McCarthy?
Tydings labeled McCarthy’s charges a “fraud and a hoax,” and said that the result of McCarthy’s actions was to “confuse and divide the American people […] to a degree far beyond the hopes of the Communists themselves.”
When did Millard Tydings serve in the Senate?
The Millard E. Tydings papers span the years 1881 to 1995. The bulk of materials cover his years of political service and involvement, from 1918 to 1956, and there is a particularly strong emphasis on his years in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1951.
When did Millard e.tydings donate his papers?
Eleanor Davies Cheesborough Tydings donated the original collection of the papers of Millard E. Tydings to the University of Maryland Libraries shortly after his death in 1961. Tydings’ son, Joseph D. Tydings, donated additional papers in 1982.