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This project consists of an interview with Carl Bachmann who is a former member of Congress and mayor of Wheeling, West Virginia. Mr. Bachmann talks about his experiences with the Fish Committee, which conducted an investigation of communist activities in the United States during the nineteen twenties and nineteen thirties. As a member of this committee, he secretly attended communist meetings and participated in the hearings and final reports. He briefly addresses why the committee never introduced any bills and discusses the committee's role in informing Americans about the extent of communist activities in this country. Finally, he discusses William Borah's 1936 presidential campaign in detail.
| Interviewee: | Bachmann, Carl G. |
| Call number: | 68-007 |
| Date(s) of Interview: | August 21, 1968 |
| Physical Description: | 40 pp.; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 95 minutes; no index |
| Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
| Access Status: | Open |
| Interviewer: | Cantelon, Phil |
Carl G. Bachmann, a former member of Congress and mayor of Wheeling, West Virginia, talks about his experiences with the Fish Committee which conducted an investigation of communist activities in the United States during the 1920s and 1930s. As a member of this committee, he secretly attended communist meetings and participated in the hearings and final reports. He briefly addresses why the committee never introduced any bills and discusses the committee's role in informing Americans about the extent of communist activities in this country. Finally, he discusses William Borah's 1936 presidential campaign in detail.
Fish Committee
Borah, William E.
Elick, Edward E.
Fish, Hamilton
New York, New York
congressman
mayor
radicalism
unions