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...young man, Charles Goldmark saw his father's political career blighted by accusations that he was a Communist. The father, John, a Washington State Democratic representative, won vindication in a notable 1963 libel suit. But he had already lost his seat in the Washington legislature, and he retired permanently from public life. His son Charles grew up to be a prominent Seattle lawyer and, along with his wife Annie, a respected community activist. They enjoyed a happy family life and an untarnished reputation. They had every reason to believe that the old accusations were at last behind them...
Perjhaps the biggest setback the students was at a special, closed meeting of State officials and top leaders of the C. Goldmark '62, chairman of Tocsin, the conference at State "one of the most experiences of my life. Our reaction of amazement...
...Goldmark, who had hoped the meeting would provide an "exchange of views" and give the students a chance to "present proposals and suggestions," said the three-hour session consisted of five "naive" lectures, which implied the students were "not very intelligent" and unaware of reality...
...more satisfying was a private meeting with McGeorge Bundy, Jerome Weisner, Theodore Sorenson, and Mark Ruskin at the White House. Goldmark reported: "We were given a chance to discuss some of our proposals. We emerged much more sure of ourselves, because the Administration is apparently planning to employ some of the initiative we are suggesting...
...Although Goldmark reported that Bundy and others at the White House meeting strongly maintained that a final decision on the resumption of atmospheric testing has not been made, sources in the Senate indicated that U.S. tests in the near future are a certainty. Few Senators were persuaded by their visitors of the inadvisability of continued testing...