Word: cadden
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Answering the charges hurled at him and at the National Conference for Democracy in Education, Joseph Cadden, executive secretary of the American Youth Congress, denied that he has any connection with the Communistic Party, and that the conference is in any way sponsored by "Reds." The attacks came from two sides: the National Foundation of American Youth, and F. Stephen McArthur, a student at the John Marshall College in Jersey City...
Student thought and activities throughout the country are becoming increasingly controlled by university authorities and outside forces, Joseph Cadden, executive secretary of the American Youth Congress, said yesterday...
...Cadden, who arrived here Tuesday for the National Conference for Democracy in Education, also stated that undergraduates in the rest of the country are not as interested in foreign affairs as students in the East, but considered domestic policies of more importance. "What concerns them is the rising cost of living, the proposed lowering of the student allotment of N.Y.A., the poll tax in the South, how to get a job after college, and problems such as these," he stated...
...purpose of the conference, according to Cadden, is to investigate abridgement of student and academic freedom throughout the country, and to form a program in defense of free education. The Congress will also deal with subjects such as conscription, that affect the student directly and will suggest measures to alleviate their bad features...
...Plavner arrived at the Congress with about 65 followers. A. Y. C. officers claimed they had registered too late to be accredited delegates. Mr. Plavner wired Mr. Tunney for help. Cracked 29-year-old Joe Cadden, A. Y. C. executive secretary: "If Mr. Tunney wants to stage a comeback he better see Mike Jacobs." Mr. Tunney flew out, took a look, declined an invitation to address A. Y. C., left in a huff. The Plavner followers trailed behind, vowing they would start a Congress of their...