Voices of the Free State - Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. - The Maverick from Maryland

1986-12-18

Peter Kumpa interviews Republican Senator Charles McCurdy "Mac" Mathias, Jr. as he prepares to step down after twenty six years in politics. Topics addressed include campaigning, his interest in history, his service in the Navy during World War II, the decision to bring television cameras into the Senate, Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement, his clashes with the more conservative wing of the Republican Party, Theodore McKeldin, the Soviet Union, and his opinion on recent U.S. Presidents.

Mathias, Charles; Kumpa, Peter; Marshburn, Everett L.

Maryland Public Television

Broadcasting, Communications

North America; United States of America

Public Broadcasting

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