Paid Political Broadcast of U.S. Representative Frank E. Smith

Creator

WABG-TV (Television station : Delta, Miss. : Region)
Frank E. Smith

Other Form of Name

Smith, Frank E. (Frank Ellis), 1918-1997

Identifier

whitten_audioreel_68

Creation Date

5-29-1962

Document Type

Open Access Recording

Disclaimer

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Description

Paid political broadcast of U.S. Representative Frank E. Smith. Discusses accusations of his opponent U.S. Representative Jamie Whitten regarding political pressure applied to Yalobusha County Supervisors about a poultry processing plant; Whitten campaign ad in the Mississippi Farmer generating a positive editorial; connection of Whitten to a Texas financier and possible congressional investigation; Whitten campaign literature with false endorsement of A. Boyd Campbell of Jackson, Mississippi; Whitten's opposition to a constitutional amendment on the electoral college; Whitten's opposition to north Mississippi reservoirs, cotton bale controls, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Smith's votes for the mutual security bill and support for paying part of costs for fighting communism; discussion of civil rights issue and their different approaches to tackling the issue; Smith's leadership in the field of natural resources; citing historical examples of Mississippi members of Congress Thomas Catchings, John Sharp Williams, and L.Q.C. Lamar; and Mississippi as part of the space industry.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Political campaigns; Elections -- Mississippi; Smith, Frank E. (Frank Ellis), 1918-1997; Whitten, Jamie L.; Electoral college; Reservoirs; Cotton; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Civil rights; Catchings, T. C. (Thomas Clendinen), 1847-1927; Williams, John Sharp, 1854-1932; Lamar, Lucius Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1797-1834

Relational Format

audio recording

Extent

29:00

Original Format

reels

Original Collection

Jamie L. Whitten Collection (MUM00732), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Finding Aid

http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00732/

Rights

This media file is for personal and research use only. This file may not be reproduced, re-posted, captured or saved. For publication and professional uses, please contact the Archives and Special Collections at the University of Mississippi Libraries.

Comments

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