Frank Naughton
Born1906
DiedOctober 30, 1978
Evanston, Illinois
OccupationJournalist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Years active1930s-1960s
Notable worksBooks on Harry S. Truman

Frank McNaughton (c. 1906 – 1978) was a 20th-century American newspaper journalist, best known for as Congressional affairs correspondent in Washington, D.C., for Time magazine.[1]

Career

Around 1935, McNaughton joined United Press news agency.[1]

During the 1940s, McNaughton joined Time magazine as their Washington correspondent on Congressional affairs. He wrote nearly forty cover stories.[1] In March and April 1946, he toured American military bases in the Pacific Ocean to report on the mishandling of surplus from World War II.[2] On July 26, 1946, he wrote in an internal memo that stated "Harry Truman could not carry Missouri now."[3]

In 1950 while still with Time, McNaughton joined NBC television's Meet the Press.[1] On August 27, 1950, he helped interview Mike Quill, co-founder and long-time president of the Transport Workers Union of America and asked him regarding union leader Harry Bridges, "Do you think he ought to be deported [from the United States]" and also "Do you believe he's a Communist?" (Quill answered, "I don't believe so" and "I don't know.")[4]

In 1953, McNaughton and former colleague John Scott joined a speaking team for Time magazine's Education Department, a special program that targeted U.S. college students.[5]

In 1957, McNaughton moved to Chicago, where he ran McNaughton & Associates, a public relations firm that specialized in political campaigns. His clients included U.S. Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois, whom he supported as speechwriter and publicist.[1]

Hiss case

On August 3, 1948, McNaughton escorted colleague Whittaker Chambers, senior editor of Time, to his first-ever hearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). The night before, Chambers stayed at McNaughton's home. McNaughton also warned Chambers about a HUAC member "who asks shrewd questions": freshman congressman Richard Nixon.[6]

Works

  • This Man Truman with Walter Hehmeyer (1945)[1]
  • Harry Truman – President with Walter Hehmeyer (1948)[1]
  • Mennen Williams of Michigan: Fighter for Progress (1960)[1]

Legacy

McNaughton's papers reside at the Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. The majority consists of raw material for his Time stories.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Frank McNaughton Papers". Harry S. Truman Presidential Library. 2003. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Junk in the Jungle". Time. April 6, 1946. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ Leuchtenburg, William E. (November 2006). "New Faces of 1946". Smithsonian. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  4. ↑ Simmons, Solon (April 10, 2013). The Eclipse of Equality: Arguing America on Meet the Press. Stanford University Press. p. 206. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  5. ↑ "A Letter From The Publisher, Jul. 20, 1953". Time. July 20, 1953. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ Chambers, Whittaker (May 1952). Witness. New York: Random House. pp. 531–535.


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