Interview with Lash Larrowe

Charles Patrick 'Lash' Larrowe was born May 1, 1916 in Portland, Oregon. Lash earned a Bachelor's degree at the University of Washington-Seattle and master's and doctorate degreesin ecomincs from Yale University. He joined the MSU faculty in 1956. He retired in 1989 from Michigan State University Department of Economics. He also served for period as MSU' s Faculty Grievance Officer. He was involved in civil and workers rights for over 60 years. He died on July 7, 2006. Topics/People Covered in Interview include: early life, education, military service, Audie Murphy, bigotry, fraternitties, Oxford Pledge, G. I. Bill, University of Washington, Truman Loyalty Program, lloyd Reynolds, House on Un-American Activities Committee, E. White Bakke, University of Utah, Taft-Hartley Act, Ezra Taft Benson, Chuck Winston, Wlater Adams, Pauline Adams, Charles Killingsworth, Biggie Munn, Adrian Jaffe, Pat Fall, midwest life, John Hannah, Jack Stieber, International Labor Organization, 'Tough Tony' Anastasia, Murder Incorporated, student activisim, Students for Democratis Society (SDS), Ernest Green, NAACP, discrimination, Art Brandstetter, Bob Repas, W.E.B. DuBois, DuBois Club, Al Carson, Mike Price, Vietnam War, Green Berets, Jim Anderson, Pershing Rifles, G. I. -Civilian Anti-War Alliance, Milton Muelder, Alan Suit, Jane Vieth Suit, EdwardWeidner, Stanley Sheinbaum, Beverly Killingsworth, William O DOuglas, Robert Lanzilotti, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Madame Nhu, Dick Rudner, 'Ramparts', Richard Benitt, Ben Strandness, Bernie Engel, Gary Groat, Robert Fogarty, Orange Horse 3, John Hildebrand, Lee Carr, Clare White, Chuck Craypool, Zolton Ferency, John Bruff, Paul Schiff, Jack Stack, homosexuality, Michigan Education Associition (MEA), Jimmy Hoffa, Harry Bridges, John Hunter, Wesley Fischel, Helen Clegg, Eileen Van Tassell, Sugust Scholle, John Cantlon, Ed Carlin, Lwarence Klein,, Committee for Student Rights, student conduct, Richard Sullivan, Howard Neville, John Fuzak, George Griffiths, Ken Laing, Gordon Sabine, Gordon Thomas, 'The Paper', Bert Murray, Manny Hackel, Carole Eberly, George S. Counts, Mark Grubner, Fred Reeves, Clifton Wharton, Bob Perrin, James Harrison, Bruce Miller, Lawrence Boger, Chitra Smith, Cecil Mackey, John DiBiaggio, mandatory retirement, Peter Houk, Bob Banks, Joseph Schwartz, Edgar Harden, Warren Huff, budget cuts, Gordon Guyer, Peter McPherson, the Williams case, Sam Riddle, Joel Ferguson, Saul Alinsky, Richard Daley, Box Office Spectaculars, Moses Turner, undergraduate education vs research