A report on scurrility, including anti-Semitism, in the 1952 Presidential election campaign will be made by the Senate Elections Subcommittee, it was learned today.
The committee staff has been directed to prepare and issue a report analyzing and exposing the use of hate material in the campaign, Sen. Mike Monroney, of Oklahoma, said the committee has many samples of smear propaganda circulated in national and state political campaigns in connection with the forthcoming national election and the selection of candidates.
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