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Schools of Anti-communism,
150–153
,
158
,
160–161

Schuller, Robert (minister),
287

Schulz, Charles (cartoonist),
187

Schwartz, Herman (rabbi),
167

Schwarz, Fred (doctor-activist),
148–161

     
attacks on,
155–157
,
160

     
C. D. Jackson and,
155–158

     
Christian Anti-Communism Crusade (CACC),
149
,
151
,
154
,
156
,
158–161

     
congressional testimony,
149–150

     
“Hollywood's Answer to Communism,”
154–156
,
158

     
on
Meet The Press
(1962),
161

     
Patrick Frawley and,
152–154

     
Roger Milliken and,
158–159

     
Schools of Anti-communism,
150–153
,
158
,
160–161

     
You Can Trust the Communists (
. . .
To Do Exactly as They Say)
,
150
,
157

Scott, Bob (governor),
249

Scott, Hugh (senator),
228

Sears, Roebuck,
3
,
105

Seaton, Fred (secretary of the interior),
138

Seattle Gas Company,
43

Seldes, Gilbert (dean),
159

Senate

     
prayer amendment and,
227–237

     
prayer breakfast meetings,
44
,
45
,
47
,
76
,
79
,
96
,
278–279

Separation of church and state

     
Everson v. Board of Education
,
180

     
Gideons International and,
166–169

     
Hugo Black and,
179–182

     
John F. Kennedy and,
184

     
prayer amendment and,
209
,
224–225

     
in public schools,
166–169
,
179–182

     
religious organizations support of,
218–219

     
Thomas Jefferson and,
xiii
,
180

     
Tudor v. Board of Rutherford and the Gideons International
,
168

Shales, Tom (media critic),
275

Sheen, Fulton (Catholic bishop),
92
,
139
,
221
,
270

Shepherd, David R. (author),
280

Sherwin Williams Company,
69

Silent Majority,
241
,
260–261
,
263–267
,
270

Skelton, Red (comedian),
271–272

Skousen, W. Cleon (author),
151
,
152
,
154

Sloan, Alfred (executive),
26

Slosser, Bob (author),
280

Smith, Gerald L. K. (activist),
204

Smith, Howard W. (representative),
184

Snyder, Murray (Eisenhower deputy press secretary),
120

Social Gospel,
5–7
,
25
,
108
,
273

Society of Christian Socialists,
100

Sollitt, Kenneth W. (minister),
32

Southern Baptist Convention (SBC),
226–227
,
234
,
252–253
,
278

Southern California Edison Company,
27

Southern California School of Anti-Communism,
152–154
,
158

Soviet Union,
22
,
35–36
,
49
,
109
,
152

     
See also
Cold War
;
Communism

Spellman, Francis (Catholic archbishop),
114
,
189
,
212

Spiritual Mobilization

     
attacks on,
21

     
Cecil B. DeMille and,
141–142

     
“The Christian's Political Responsibility,”
63

     
clergy recruitment by,
12–14
,
16–21
,
24–25

     
Committee to Proclaim Liberty,
27–34

     
Don Belding and,
69

     
Faith and Freedom
,
23–27
,
63
,
69

     
founding,
11–12

     
The Freedom Story
,
22–23
,
70
,
92

     
“Freedom Under God” celebrations,
27–34
,
73
,
92

     
funding of,
15
,
18–22

     
J. Howard Pew and,
16–18
,
20–22
,
28

     
James W. Fifield and,
11–15
,
18–27

     
minister-representatives,
18–19

     
pledge,
14

     
publications,
14–15
,
23–27

     
sermon competitions,
20
,
30–32

St. Clair, William (executive),
41

St. George, Katharine (representative),
78

Stamps, “In God We Trust” motto on,
113–116
,
125

Standard Oil Company,
3
,
164

“The Star-Spangled Banner,”
111–112
,
121

Stassen, Harold (Eisenhower assistant),
81

Statement of Seven Divine Freedoms,
88–89
,
91

Stennis, John (senator),
47

Stephens, R. G. (representative),
212

Stevenson, Adlai (governor),
61–62
,
63

Stewart, Jimmy (actor),
33
,
155
,
272

Stewart, Potter (justice),
177
,
179
,
181–183
,
196

Stone, I. F. (journalist),
243

Strauss, Bob (party chairman),
283

Strikes, labor,
13
,
21
,
37–38
,
40–41
,
128

Strout, Richard (journalist),
85
,
160

Student protests,
254
,
257–259
,
262

Sullivan, Amy (journalist),
290

Sun Oil Company,
16
,
20
,
225

Sun Shipbuilding Company,
46

Summerfield, Arthur (postmaster general),
85
,
113–114

Sumner, Charles (senator),
96

Sunday Evening Club,
9
,
141

Supreme Court, U.S.

     
Abington School District v. Schempp
,
194–195
,
198–199

     
Brown v. Board of Education
,
95

     
Engel v. Vitale
,
176–190

     
Everson v. Board of Education
,
180

     
flag desecration statutes,
283–284

     
Murray v. Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City
,
194–195
,
198–199

     
Tudor v. Board of Rutherford and the Gideons International
,
168

Synagogue Council of America,
200
,
220

Szilagyi, Stephen T. (minister),
258

Talmadge, Herman (senator),
185

Taylor, Clyde (NAE official),
88

Technicolor Corporation,
154
,
156
,
158

Television, religious programming on,
139–140

Teller, Edward (physicist),
153
,
159

Ten Commandments,
7
,
19

Ten Commandments monuments,
xv
,
145–148

The Ten Commandments
(film),
140
,
142–145

Thomas, Cal (Moral Majority spokesman),
279

Thurmond, Strom (politician),
49
,
160

Timmons, Bill (Nixon aide),
253

Todt, George (columnist),
154

Truman, Harry S. (president),
22
,
26
,
28
,
52–54
,
56
,
61
,
102
,
185

Tudor, Bernard (parent),
168

Tudor v. Board of Rutherford and the Gideons International
,
168

Tuller, Edwin H. (minister),
218–219

Tydings, Joe (senator),
233–234

Un-American Activities Committee,
129
,
140
,
149

Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation,
69
,
132
,
264

Unitarian Ministers Association,
107

United Airlines,
28

US Chamber of Commerce,
6
,
9
,
14
,
28
,
33
,
37
,
51
,
136
,
273

US Rubber Company,
69

US Steel Corporation,
13
,
20
,
28
,
264

Utah Power & Light Company,
30

Van Deerlin, Lionel (representative),
212

Vereide, Abraham (minister),
36–37

     
Billy Graham and,
53

     
business and,
37
,
40–49

     
charity work,
39–40

     
communism and,
48–49

     
Dwight D. Eisenhower supported by,
62–63

     
Franklin D. Roosevelt and,
39–40

     
Fred Schwarz and,
149

     
International Council for Christian Leadership (ICCL),
48
,
62
,
96
,
117

     
National Council for Christian Leadership (NCCL),
46

     
political connections,
43–49

     
prayer breakfast meetings,
36
,
41–45
,
78–80

Vietnam War,
240–241
,
257
,
262
,
266
,
284

Vinson, Fred (justice),
x
,
47
,
78–79

Vitale, William J., Jr. (school board president),
174

von Mises, Ludwig (philosopher-economist),
23
,
26

“Wake Up America!” rally,
266

Walker, Ronald (Nixon aide),
265

Wallace, DeWitt (publisher),
264

Wallace, George (governor),
205
,
241–242

Ward, Philip (lawyer),
195

Warren, Earl (governor-justice),
34
,
79–80
,
95
,
177
,
179
,
196–197
,
246–247

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