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\"\"<\/td>CHARLES PLUMLEY: Vermont\u2019s vociferously anti-Communist Republican Congressman (1934-1950) who might be called the state\u2019s own McCarthy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ANDREW NUQUIST: A University of Vermont political science professor who challenged Plumley in 1946 and was accused of being a Communist sympathizer.<\/td>\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>LUTHER McNAIR: Dean of Students at Lyndon State College who was forced to resign due to his support for Henry Wallace in the presidential campaign of 1948.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WILLIAM LOEB: A virulent anti-Communist whose publishing empire began with the St. Albans Messenger and the Burlington Daily News.<\/td>\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>ROCKWELL KENT: World-famous artist whose Burlington appearance in support of Henry Wallace caused controversy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JAMES HAYFORD: Vermont farmer, poet, and teacher who was a Wallace delegate at the Progressive Party 1948 convention.<\/td>\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON: Famed Arctic explorer and part-time Bethel resident, whose controversial land sale in July 1950 put Vermont on the nation\u2019s front pages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUCILLE MILLER: A Bethel native who appointed herself \u201cVermont\u2019s Number One Red-Hunter.\u201d<\/td>\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>JOHN DRYSDALE: Publisher and editor of the White River Valley Herald, whose editorials took on McCarthy\u2019s charges of Communist influence in Vermont.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ALEX NOVIKOFF:\u00a0 Biochemist at the University of Vermont Medical School, who was dismissed by the college\u2019s trustees because of his former Communist Party membership.<\/td>\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>ARNOLD SCHEIN: Alex Novikoff\u2019s chief defender on the University of Vermont faculty.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RALPH FLANDERS: Vermont\u2019s Republican Senator, who led the Senate campaign to censure McCarthy.<\/td>\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>ROBERT MITCHELL: Publisher and editor of the Rutland Herald, who wrote many influential editorials supporting Flanders\u2019 efforts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CARMELITA HINTON: The founder of the Putney School, whose children William and Joan became supporters of the Communist Chinese regime.<\/td>\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>BERNARD O\u2019SHEA: Publisher of the Swanton Courier, the only newspaper attacking the charges against Alex Novikoff at UVM.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WILLIAM MEYER: Forester from West Rupert and supporter of nuclear disarmament who in 1958 became the first Democrat in 104 years to be elected to the House of Representatives.<\/td>\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>WILLIAM HINTON AND JOAN HINTON ENGST \u2013 Children of Carmelita Hinton who became dedicated followers of Communist China.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LOUIS WYMAN \u2013 New Hampshire Attorney General who investigated suspected Communist indoctrination at the University of New Hampshire.<\/td>\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>PAUL SWEEZY \u2013 Marxist economist and part-time New Hampshire resident who came under attack by Wyman.\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nCast of Characters - Red Scare in the Green Mountains<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/redscareinthegreenmountains.com\/index.php\/cast-of-characters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cast of Characters - Red Scare in the Green Mountains\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/redscareinthegreenmountains.com\/index.php\/cast-of-characters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Red Scare in the Green Mountains\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-07T21:37:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redscareinthegreenmountains.com\/index.php\/cast-of-characters\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/redscareinthegreenmountains.com\/index.php\/cast-of-characters\/\",\"name\":\"Cast of Characters - 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