Speeches delivered by Clinton T. Duffy, Bruce K. Holloway, Harry Bridges, and Barry Goldwater to members of the Comstock Club in Sacramento, California.
Clinton T. Duffy
Clinton T. Duffy, former warden at San Quentin State Prison, discusses his opposition to capital punishment in a speech delivered on May 2, 1967. Please note that there are audio drop outs and distortion throughout (recording part one - 9 seconds to 45 minutes, 54 seconds).
Gen. Bruce K. Holloway
Gen. Bruce K. Holloway, commander-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command and vice-chief of the United States Air Force at the time of the speech, discusses the role of the Air Force in Vietnam and the effectiveness of air power under the self-imposed restraints of the nuclear age in a speech delivered on May 22, 1967 (recording part one - 51 minutes, 46 seconds to 1 hour, 44 minutes, 42 seconds).
Harry Bridges
Harry Bridges, labor leader and the first president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), discusses the displacement of workers by automation and the importance of the right to strike as a union bargaining weapon during arbitration in a speech delivered on June 6, 1967 ( recording part two - 12 seconds to 51 minutes, 03 seconds).
Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater, United States Senator from Arizona and 1964 candidate for President, discusses NATO and the global spread of Communism in a speech delivered on June 22, 1966. This is a duplicate of speaker file #28 (recording part two - 55 minutes, 43 seconds to 1 hour, 56 minutes, 37 seconds).
Collection: Comstock Club records, Center for Sacramento History
The Comstock Club was a non-partisan Sacramento organization which sponsored state and national figures from the political, business, military, and entertainment fields to provide talks on the issues of the day. This recording is part of a series.
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