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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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At Tydings Over Report On MeCarthy! MJ BE LIEU VASE wae Jenner Virtually Calls Him Traitor; Lodge Admits No Reds Were Found By Alfred Friendly Post Reporter Yeslerday was the Senate: Republicans” turn to throw: ack_the cry of “fraud and oax” at the Democrats who, who, he day before, had so dent denpm- inated the charges and cam- paign of Senator. McCarthy.. ' The he Republicans did throw _the chafge back and. with ever-mount- ing inlensily, up to the _poimt when Ganateuw Tanna , to ow SCOALOr _Jenner_ iR. Ind, <iL__@a- fect virtually accused Senator Tydings (D., Md), of bei a! wae EIS trailo: “and defender of a.Com- raunist cong iragy. ¥ before, Tydings. chair- inan “ot the subcommittee which re- turned the scathing report on Me- Carthy’s “deceifful” attempt io show that the State Department' was ridden with Communists, had lua up something of a record in! thig generation in personal de nunciation of a colleague on the Senate floor. But the record lasted only 24 hours, It was broken to bits by Jenner's outburst yesterday. So also was the Senate's Rule 19, which forbids the Imputing by one Senator to another of unworthy or umbecoming conduct or motive. In almost so many words, Jenner implied that Secretary of State heson, and hosts of his tbp opgjals were Communist conspi whe deliberately sold ue o dient a aod half of Europe i Communist slavery. sho 1950 ’* And in his report declaring Me-! Cdtcnpe—cHarges “a feat Pad hoax" that “deceived” the Senate, and the Nation, Tydings was sim- ply covering up for State Depart- ment “termites and vermin,” Jen- nev said. Tydings’ report, Jenner went on, | is a “blasphemous perversion of! the truth.” Tydings himself, Jen-| ner continued, has organized “gl conspiracy within hie own political, family circle to help cover up such a hideous perversion and betrayal of the public trust.” Throughout Jenner's birthday speech—be was 42 yeslerday— Tydings sat quietly at his desk nibbling at a pint-sized unlighted cigar. When Jenner finished, Tydings az on his feet to offer two re- ris from the Armed Services ommittee, of which he is ehair- an, for increasing American shilitary mobilization. He asked immediate consideration of one bill, to extend present enlistments for one year. It passed the Sen- ate quickly, As a gallery historian observed, there had finally been & case of’ “Hayne's reply to Webster.” ‘ Yesterday's Republican counter- offensive to Tydings’ report on McCarthy and to Tydings’ floor speech was almost exclusively an attack on Tydings and his investi-: gating subcommittee, Curiously, not one Republican Senator who spoke had a complimentary word for McCarthy himself, or attempt- ed to say his charges were true ir his methods acceptable, Even the Republican lead-off | nan, Senator Ives, (N. Y.), inti- ated that perhaps he had some See LOYALTY, Page 5, Coniing 4. | * Page Times-Herald ween Wash. Post N.Y. Mirror -—-—
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