The Threat of McCarthyism: A Letter to Helen Gahagan Douglas1947-01-01Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/enghttp://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_014_3.2_74_15_0051The document is a letter from Rube Borough of General Insurance to Helen Gahagan Douglas, expressing appreciation for her support of the Sabath Resolution to abolish the Thomas Committee and against the citation of Hollywood writers, actors, and directors for contempt of Congress. The document praises Douglas for her actions and compares the current crisis to past events in American history.