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Walter Henry Judd or I-te

Chou (September 25, 1898 – February 13, 1994; his Chinese name

is 周以德),

was an American politician and physician, best known for his battle in Congress

(1943–63) to define all-out

support for the Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek and opposition to the Communists

under Mao Zedong. After the Nationalists fled to Formosa (Taiwan) in 1949, Judd redoubled his support. Judd

was born in Rising City, Nebraska, the

son of Mary Elizabeth (Greenslit) and Horace Hunter Judd. After training with the ROTC for

the United States Army near

the end of World War I, he earned

his M.D. degree at the University of Nebraska in

1923. Next, he became the Traveling Secretary for the Student Volunteer Movement.

From 1925 through 1931, Judd was a medical missionary in

China, sent to assist Edward Bliss. He worked first in small clinic a backwater

town, then became head of a large hospital in a sizable city. From 1931 to 1934

he worked at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Then,

in 1934 he returned to China as a missionary physician until 1938, when he

returned to Minnesota. Upon his return the United States, he did not urge

Americans to be isolationists. Instead,

Judd encouraged support of China against Japanese aggression. Elected

to the U.S. Congress from Minnesota in 1942, where he became a powerful voice in

support of China. He served for 20 years from 1943 until 1963 in and 87th congresses.

Judd voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960. Judd

was known for his eloquent oratory and expertise in U.S. foreign policy. He

spoke at civic and political gatherings around the nation. He was a good friend

of Senator Harry S Truman, and

together they spent two weeks in 1943 making speeches in support of the United

Nations, doubling up in hotel rooms at night. In Congress, Judd supported

liberal international program such as the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan,

and NATO. He called for removal of ethnic and racial restrictions in the

immigration laws. He was an outspoken anti-communist and critic of U.S. rapprochement with

China at the expense of the Republic of China on Taiwan. In the early 1950s, Judd helped organize the Committee

of One Million, a citizens' group dedicated to keeping the People's Republic of China out

of the United Nations. Judd

was a strong advocate of the foreign aid program, a position which brought him into

sharp contrast with colleague Otto Passman, a Democrat from Monroe, Louisiana who chaired the House

Foreign Operations Subcommittee, which maintains jurisdiction over such

programs. Passman explained his longstanding criticism of the program:

"First, we cannot spend ourselves rich. Second, we cannot make ourselves

secure by giving ourselves away. Third, we cannot buy friends. We were once

told that foreign aid would stop communism. Now we are told it is our duty to buy our way of

life for countries all over the world. But we cannot in fact improve their

living standards by as much as 1 percent even if we should give away everything

we own."

Judd

gave the keynote address at the 1960

Republican National Convention, which met in Chicago to In 1962, Judd was defeated for reelection by liberal

Democrat Donald M. Fraser. The

District had been redrawn after the 1960 census, making it heavily Democratic. Judd's defeat worked to increase

Passman's power on the foreign aid subcommittee. He was the last person to attempt

to run for president on a major party ticket to have been born in the 19th century,

though he did not make it past the primaries. In 1964, Judd's name was placed

in nomination at for President and he received a smattering of votes. In 1981, he

received the Presidential Medal of

Freedom (the nation's highest civilian award). Throughout the

1970s and 1980s, he was actively involved in the Council Against Communist

Aggression in Washington D.C.