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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 21

91 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy · 91 pages OCR'd
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| @aeehraid again he mad , veiled comments about McCarthy. Gandy. “Anything I say on the Senate floor," he sneered, “I'll say out- side the Senate floor and I won't ‘retract it whenal'm aut.” ™ He spoke of “men of little char-. acler who would prefer to serv: their own ends rather than theif; country.” i He began by insisting that wh a Senator of the United States sas | i is baund to carry the most serious | weight. That is why, he indicated, Me-/ j Carthy’s remarks of February, 9: )ihis year, in Wheeling, W. Va., that ‘there was a spy ring in the State :Depariment, that there were 205 ‘card-carrying members in the de- ‘partment, and that Secretary of. ‘State Acheson knew about them ‘but was doing nothing to get rid of ; . |them made such a tremendous im- r . bone ninscion | Pa scstn. L In elaborate demonstration, he squght to show that McCarthy had agtually said that, but had lied to tfle Cenate later in denying he said it. Tydings pointed to a record of a McCarthy speech. “There is the voice," he said, “and it is not the voice of truth.” There is not much doubt, he went on, what McCarthy said, and that he later denied saying it. “That's why I said that a hoax: and a fraud was perpetrated on! the United States,” Tydings roared,’ “any, by the eternal God, that’s, true.” At the end of the day, MeCarthy, issued a short statement saying’ Tydings had “tried 1o notify Com-' : ‘munists in Government that they | are safe in their positions.” i Page However, he said, as a result off his charges, (we of the peop. ‘ ‘mentioned mn his famous “BY. : ieases” have already left the Gov, Times-Herald ~~ jernment. One was not named, but; ‘the other, said McCarthy, was his. jCase 19, ‘which he said was Wil! Wash. Post. ‘liam W. Remington. d to be. AS (The 81 cases purporte lthose of present or former’ State. Wash. Ne I Carthy pre employes. ing Pam , a * Carthy presented Case No 0; “ ‘the Senate, it was so vague as to! - » Wash. Star ——— ver been a Staie Department) | unidentifiable. Remington has, i ploye. Editor's note.] rah . N.Y. Mirror -——- cots |McCarthy ‘Golden Voice’ 'To Be Heard in Private By the United Freas . ! Senator Millard E, Tydings (D., Md.) is going to stage civate
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