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Title: Committee Vote Favors Sulphur Probe, pages 1 and 3
Identifier: e_rap_0071
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1937-02-04
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: On February 4, 1937, The Daily Texan reported that the activities of Roy Miller, lobbyist for the Texas Sulphur Gulf Company, would be investigated by the Texas Legislature

Title: Communists? U.T. Students Don't Know Any, page 1
Identifier: e_rap_0061
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1940-08-01
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: The front page for the Daily Texan on August 1, 1940, records the results of a poll regarding students' understanding of communism and its purported presence on the UT campus

Title: "Crowd Applauds Witnesses as Technicalities Raised During First Red Hearings"
Identifier: e_rap_0107
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Contributor: McCully, John
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1936-10-14
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: Page 1 of the October 14, 1936, issue of the Daily Texan contains an article about the investigations of the Texas Legislature into Communism at the University of Texas.

Title: "Dies Gets Double Trouble", pages 1-2
Identifier: e_rap_0062
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Contributor: Sinclair, William Boyd
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1940-08-04
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: Articles and editorials appearing in the August 4, 1940 issue of the Daily Texan, chronicle and question the Dies Committee's assertion that Stalinist and Trotskyite forces were battling for control of UT

Title: Dies Hearing Called Illegal, pages 1 and 4
Identifier: e_rap_0064
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1940-08-11
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: After being questioned by the Dies Committee, University of Texas senior, Emil Barwis questioned the legality and ethics of the Texas Congressman's investigations

Title: House Clears University of Communism Charges 67-38, pages 1 and 6
Identifier: e_rap_0070
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1936-10-28
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: On October 28, 1936, the Daily Texan reported that a sizable majority of legislators voted to exonerate the University of Texas from the accusations that some of its professors promoted communism and fascism

Title: House Resolution Hits Communism, page 1
Identifier: e_rap_0066
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1936-09-30
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: During the October 1936 special legislative session, freshman representative Joe Caldwell introduced a resolution calling for an investigation into the alleged propagation and teaching of communism at UT

Title: Legislator Charges Texas Schools With Red Teaching, page 1 and 7
Identifier: e_rap_0067
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Contributor: International News Service
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1936-10-02
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: The October 2, 1940, issue of the Daily Texan expanded on Representative Joe Caldwell's accusation of professors indoctrinating students into communism and atheism

Title: Off Goes the Blindfold, page 1
Identifier: e_rap_0065
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1936-06-25
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: The June 25, 1936, issue of the Summer Texan included an editorial titled Off Goes the Blindfold, which reported on efforts to investigate and tax the Texas Gulf Sulphur Company.

Title: One Solon Says Demos Red, Another Says Fascistic as Students Nearly Riot, pages 1 and 5
Identifier: e_rap_0069
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Contributor: Lester, Sam
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1936-10-15
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: Daily Texan journalist Sam Lester reported on October 15, 1936, that Texas lawmakers differed as to whether the Progressive Democrats were fascistic or communistic

Title: "Students Talk With Mr. Dies", page 1
Identifier: e_rap_0063
Creator: Texas Student Publications, Inc.
Topic: Politics and government
Dates: 1940-08-08
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: This issue of the Daily Texas dated Thursday, August 8, 1940, reports the Dies Committee began questioning UT students about un-American activities on campus