John J. Carson was a 20th-century American politician who served in the Truman Administration as a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 1949 to 1953. A

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

who was nominated to one of the party's posts on the FTC, he nevertheless drew ire from his own party owing to his past association with a group of business cooperatives.

Background

Carson was born in Smith Valley, Indiana, an unincorporated community south of Indianapolis, where he then grew up.

Career

Carson's first job was as a messenger boy for the president of the American National Bank of Indianapolis. He then worked for the Van Camp Packing Company as bookkeeper and accountant. By 1912, he had gone into journalism and had become city editor in Indianapolis. In 1918, Carson assigned a job in Washington, D.C., as an assistant correspondent for the St. Louis ''Globe-Democrat'' newspaper and moved shortly thereafter to the St. Louis ''Republic'' newspaper. Then, he moved to the '' Baltimore Sun'', where he came to know

H. L. Mencken Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on the social scene, literature, music, prominent politicians, ...

and then the

Scripps-Howard The E. W. Scripps Company is an American broadcasting company founded in 1878 as a chain of daily newspapers by Edward Willis "E. W." Scripps and his sister, Ellen Browning Scripps. It was also formerly a media conglomerate. The company is he ...

''Evening Sun'' through 1922. Although Carson was a

, he faced allegations of socialism from Republican Senators such as John W. Bricker due to his past association with a group of business cooperatives. Carson maintained that his support for cooperatives was not rooted in socialism, but rather in the ideals expressed in the '' quadragesimo anno'', an encyclical issued by Pope

Pius XI Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City f ...

that condemned unregulated capitalism. As a member of the FTC, his term overlapped closely with that of Stephen J. Spingarn.

References

1888 births 1971 deaths American labor lawyers Franklin D. Roosevelt administration personnel United States presidential advisors Truman administration personnel Eisenhower administration personnel Federal Trade Commission personnel {{US-politician-stub

Background

Career

See also

References