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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 2

85 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Feb 11, 1950 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy · 85 pages OCR'd
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Senator from FBI ALREADY KNOWS .Asked-why he did not turn the ist qver to the FBI, he said th t. geney already know who the . Wisconsin to Fere and what they are doing. until the justice department au- thorizes it, and the justice depart- Speak Tonight ment, in turn, won't move until it has been approved by the state de- partment" he charged. "These' 57 names are no secret Sen. Joseph McCarthy said to- to anyone willing to do a Jittle "While those records are not day he would name at Ieast four available to me, I know absolute yj "known Communists" in the U. S. ton. hat one group of approximate y state department when he ad- "But the state department's 300 was certificd to the secretary dresses Nevada Republicans at a policies being what they are, ap-[f! discharge. He actually di Lincoln day dinner here tonight.: parently no one can take any ac- Charged only approximately 80. He told a Gazette reporter the fdir are among 57 Reds whole nomes he is willing to turn ov Thuman and force him to cleas to Pres. Harry Truman "for at Hiss. Ot the department." "I would suggest, therefore, Mr. propriate action." He gave reporters the names oPresident, that you simply pick up. : BLUNT TALKER said were Communists and who he!how many of those whom yyur. The blunt-talking Wisconsin? will name in his talk tonight. board has labeled as dangerous, he Republican dispatched a telegram! "If you use them, however, you'll failed to discharge.. placed in the department by Alg. to the president from Reno this be doing so at your own risk," hef Hiss, and all of those still workin morning, offering to submit the warned. pidding the state department to]in the department listed by. list to the chicf executive imme-. Qh diately. with 57 suits against me myself, if Hegard...to the Communistic con- curity lists. 2. Revoke an order which plo know the names of still more state] list." ment...we haye been able to com-- vided that congressional commit department Communists, hel SENDS TELEGRAM pile a list of 57 Communists. tees could obtain no informatiol "simply should pick up his own In his telegram sent to the presi-. phone"' and ask his secretary of $ate, Dean Achcson, for them, the. Failure on the president's par said, in part: enator said. "will label th Frankly admitting he was seel] Wheeling...I stated the state d. Hg to bring public and politic 1 ' being disloyal." Ifellow of international Commun Prrnnn dyn uo deng on rrnrenan Partment harbors a nest of Con? The telegran went on to de-[ ists," the senator charges.. hunists and Communist symp! administration, Mr. McCarthy said 'mand. that the prcsident take two "Certainly this Iabel is not d Ipyal American but a politically steps "as the ninimun which can[served by the hundreds of thou He viewed the president as foreign policy. Ip expected of you in this case: I'sans of Ioyal American Demogat: expedient one." "I further stated I have in my 11. Demand that Secretary Ache- throughout the nation, and bytl "If I can make it politically in- Iya Communists to remain where they ent. A state department spokes- conplete report of all persegs house," the telegram concluded.. are, then he'll just have to clean man promptly denied this. out the state department," the "You can convince yourself of the! Senator said. falsity of the state department! The Wisconsin Republican has claim very easily. You will recall charged in a series of speeches that you personally appointed a Ihich began earlier this week at! board to screen state departme heeling, w. Va., that the stat employes for the purpose of wee'! d partment employs many Com ing out fellow travelers. Your boa? munists or fellow travelers. ...named hundreds which it list own list of "known Communists'* as 'dangerous to the security of the numbers 57. I nation.'
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