Mundt, Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signing the Mundt-Smith bill, which provided additional funding for the Voice of American radio network. Standing behind President Truman are, from left to right: Senator H. Alexander Smith; Walter Lemon, World Wide Broadcasting Foundation; Howland Sargeant, Inter-departmental Committee on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation, State Department; Congressman Karl E. Mundt; and Under Secretary of State Robert Lovett. Same as 68-1290.

United States Senators are taking part in a radio broadcast about the 1950 Census with the Director of the Census Bureau, Dr. Roy V. Peel. From left to right: Senator Styles Bridges, Senator Karl C. Mundt, Dr. Roy V. Peel, and Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs the Smith-Mundt Bill, also known as the "Voice of America Bill,' which authorizes foreign informational activities, including radio broadcasts to Soviet Russia and other countries. Standing, from left to right; Senator H. Alexander Smith; Dr. Walter Lemon, President of the World Wide Broadcasting Foundation; Howland H. Sargent; Representative Karl E. Mundt; and Under Secretary of State Robert Lovett.

Attorney General Tom Clark (center) speaks with Representative Karl E. Mundt (left) and Representative Richard M. Nixon (right) during Clark's testimony before the House of Representatives' Un-American Activities Committee. Clark discussed his opposition to proposals to ban the Communist Party in the United States.