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Julian Nelson Frank (1906–1974) was a journalist for the ''
New York World-Telegram The ''New York World-Telegram'', later known as the ''New York World-Telegram and The Sun'', was a New York City newspaper from 1931 to 1966. History Founded by James Gordon Bennett Sr. as ''The Evening Telegram'' in 1867, the newspaper began ...
'', an
anti-communist Anti-communism is Political movement, political and Ideology, ideological opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in the Russian Empire, and it reached global dimensions during the Cold War, w ...
special agent with U.S. Naval Intelligence, and an investigator for the
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee The United States Senate's Special Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws, 1951–77, known more commonly as the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (SISS) and sometimes the M ...
.Nelson Frank Papers
The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives,
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library The Elmer Holmes Bobst Library ( ), often referred to simply as Bobst Library or just Bobst, is the main library at New York University (NYU) in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The library is located at 70 Washington Square South between LaGuardia ...
.Nelson Frank, 68, ex-Labor Reporter
''
New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...
'', March 4, 1974.


Career

Frank was a writer, labor editor, and columnist for the ''
New York World-Telegram The ''New York World-Telegram'', later known as the ''New York World-Telegram and The Sun'', was a New York City newspaper from 1931 to 1966. History Founded by James Gordon Bennett Sr. as ''The Evening Telegram'' in 1867, the newspaper began ...
'' from 1944 to 1955, where his 1945 article concerning the
Duclos letter Jacques Duclos (2 October 189625 April 1975) was a French Communist politician who played a key role in French politics from 1926, when he entered the French National Assembly after defeating Paul Reynaud, until 1969, when he won a substantial p ...
, which contributed to the ouster of
Communist Party USA The Communist Party USA, officially the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), is a communist party in the United States which was established in 1919 after a split in the Socialist Party of America following the Russian Revo ...
head
Earl Browder Earl Russell Browder (May 20, 1891 – June 27, 1973) was an American politician, communist activist and leader of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Browder was the General Secretary of the CPUSA during the 1930s and first half of the 1940s. Duri ...
. Frank also wrote for ''
Life Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energ ...
'' and ''
Fortune Fortune may refer to: General * Fortuna or Fortune, the Roman goddess of luck * Luck * Wealth * Fortune, a prediction made in fortune-telling * Fortune, in a fortune cookie Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''The Fortune'' (1931 film) ...
''. With
Norton Mockridge Norton Mockridge (September 29, 1915 – April 18, 2004) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, syndicated columnist who helped break the Elizabeth Bentley Soviet spy story in 1948 and whom the ''New York Times'' called "a jack-of-all-trades: ...
, Frank's front-page '' World-Telegram'' exposé "Red Ring Bared by Blond Queen" (written with
Norton Mockridge Norton Mockridge (September 29, 1915 – April 18, 2004) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, syndicated columnist who helped break the Elizabeth Bentley Soviet spy story in 1948 and whom the ''New York Times'' called "a jack-of-all-trades: ...
) did much to popularize the story of "Red Spy Queen"
Elizabeth Bentley Elizabeth Terrill Bentley (January 1, 1908 – December 3, 1963) was an American spy and member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). She served the Soviet Union from 1938 to 1945 until she defected from the Communist Party and Soviet intelligenc ...
; he appeared with her on one of the first episodes of ''
Meet the Press ''Meet the Press'' is a weekly American television news/interview program broadcast on NBC. It is the longest-running program on American television, though the current format bears little resemblance to the debut episode on November 6, 1947. ' ...
''. A former communist who had worked for ''
The Daily Worker The ''Daily Worker'' was a newspaper published in New York City by the Communist Party USA, a formerly Comintern-affiliated organization. Publication began in 1924. While it generally reflected the prevailing views of the party, attempts were ...
'', Frank testified before Rep.
Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
and
HUAC The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA), popularly dubbed the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives, created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloy ...
to support
Whittaker Chambers Whittaker Chambers (born Jay Vivian Chambers; April 1, 1901 – July 9, 1961) was an American writer-editor, who, after early years as a Communist Party member (1925) and Soviet spy (1932–1938), defected from the Soviet underground (1938), ...
's accusations against
Alger Hiss Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was an American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Statutes of limitations had expired for espionage, but he was convicted of perjury in con ...
. Later, Frank became a bookstore owner.


Personal life and death

Frank was the father of
Johanna Hurwitz Johanna Hurwitz (born October 9, 1937) is an American author of more than sixty children's books. She has sold millions of books in many different languages. Life and career Hurwitz graduated from Queens College, New York with a degree in English ...
and the grandfather of
Vanessa Ruta Vanessa Julia Ruta, Ph.D. is an American neuroscientist known for her work on the structure and function of chemosensory circuits underlying innate and learned behaviors in the fly ''Drosophila melanogaster.'' She is the Gabrielle H. Reem and Her ...
,
Garance Franke-Ruta Garance Franke-Ruta is the executive editor of GEN by Medium. She has worked as Washington editor of Yahoo News and editor in chief of Yahoo Politics, Voices columnist and politics editor of ''The Atlantic'' Online, national web politics editor ...
, and
Ted Frank Theodore H. Frank (born December 14, 1968) is an American lawyer, activist, and legal writer, based in Washington, D.C. He is the counsel of record and petitioner in ''Frank v. Gaos'', the first Supreme Court case to deal with the issue of '' cy ...
.


Works

Articles with
Norton Mockridge Norton Mockridge (September 29, 1915 – April 18, 2004) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, syndicated columnist who helped break the Elizabeth Bentley Soviet spy story in 1948 and whom the ''New York Times'' called "a jack-of-all-trades: ...
include: * "Red Ring Bared by Blond Queen" (July 21, 1948) * "Super-Secrecy Veiled Russia's Spy Cells Here" (July 22, 1948) * "Citizens Tricked into Spy Ring by U.S. Reds" (July 23, 1948) * "Commie Chieftains Ordered Budenz to Aid Red Spy Queen" (July 26, 1948)


References


External links


Nelson Frank Papers
at Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive at New York University Special Collections


See also

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New York World-Telegram The ''New York World-Telegram'', later known as the ''New York World-Telegram and The Sun'', was a New York City newspaper from 1931 to 1966. History Founded by James Gordon Bennett Sr. as ''The Evening Telegram'' in 1867, the newspaper began ...
*
Elizabeth Bentley Elizabeth Terrill Bentley (January 1, 1908 – December 3, 1963) was an American spy and member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). She served the Soviet Union from 1938 to 1945 until she defected from the Communist Party and Soviet intelligenc ...
*
Frederick Woltman Frederick Woltman (March 16, 1905 – March 6, 1970) was a 20th-century American newspaper journalist for the ''New York World-Telegram'', known as "an anti-communist reporter in the 1940s and early 1950s, best known for criticism of U.S. Senato ...
*
Norton Mockridge Norton Mockridge (September 29, 1915 – April 18, 2004) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, syndicated columnist who helped break the Elizabeth Bentley Soviet spy story in 1948 and whom the ''New York Times'' called "a jack-of-all-trades: ...
1906 births 1974 deaths American male journalists 20th-century American journalists Anti-communism in the United States 20th-century American writers {{US-journalist-1900s-stub