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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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Tey way ve ep eer ees wt ee ee ae - woes bie ery EP PORE BY ENED BE me Sm pr GES Nag er cre at eet Tolson Rosen . Regaining the Offensive =, BI Acheson Seen as Winning His Audience nae eeimont In Reply te McCarthy Before Editors our Tele. Room __ Hy Doris Fleeson the dignified Joseply*Pulitzer. pub- Nease The insistent demand of Amer-:lisher | of the St. Lous Post- Gandy! LSPA, MEAT COIStil Gi vali Vu. A ee aake yy ica’ 5s editors has removed Secre- ‘tary of State Acheson's personal . reply to Senator McCarthy from| The Secretary did, And he cor- “Pour it on, Mr. Secretary!” ; the off-the-rec- dially acceded to demands for its , ord Jimbo and ~ ~~ tpublication. But he remains the given it to the intellectual. Having brought his / where listeners to their feet with a Anal} ‘ public where it lways be- nged. The rinted word annot quite convey the drama of the scene—the Sen- ator was in the that the bell “tolls for thee,” Mri . oN Acheson still had some important; to o unemotional things to say off thd! 4 , i record about the cold war. So ha! A 1 said them for another 15 minutes. ‘ , Foreign Service Hurt.-_ , ; liste Conversations within the State: audience it Nl Department support the Secre-! ing—but wi tary's statement that morale there a eect Imost~ Foo is excellent. The reorganization f ; up to he] last, Doris Fleeson. suggested by the Hoover Commis- : ( / Lhe Secretary's advisers were ait-|Sion, of which Mr. Acheson was & { fering about whether he should reply at all. In hand was the * : f “ »i'mand. There has never been a dignified total diplomacy time when fewer top jobs were speech, all true. all important, wi bit wholly lacking in the adren-[D00, DY the tae oats on ee ntarel| Lt Meavy Campaign CUM rGutors. aqn appeal. 'The truth is that the State De-' Frienair editors had sent Over: sariment's wors is now so @Ecwt a warming: Inn: appearance be- and time consuming. ony peopie ‘fore the editors. so fortuitousiy;gno will work hard care to r moving challenge and warnin + | member, has been carried out and experienced people are in com- os 7 nm, oe nee my occurring after the Budenz testi-(there, mony created new confusions.| oH. secretary dealt with tHe plage where the goings-on at home Senator McCarthy had seized the ~~ offensive. Uniess Mr, Acheson : : : do hurt—the Foreign Service. The| + regained it Saturday night, the room was very quiet as he de- Budenz-McCarthy team’s impres- scribed the present lives of what . : sion would remain. actually are our cold-war troops, ene Politicians and editors KNOW ithe men, women and children i reer) oly BBL WilItll Bbaveei Wk ese sees dificult and danger ous paris. of > 1 oe ~ er reach @ certain point: the onlYiine world. Explain these attacks” {°° fe os answer that will serve is the fight|o them, he challenged, tac ok de ck. It is of the food. politics eee and| - The department is presently en: | weave while time gets in some|#8eed in a widespread meet- the-' Toot eee licks but when the controversy |Ptess operation to show principal areacnion dente what hac haan donna ists, i lt with b TOTTESPONGEntS WHEL nas Oe aon Pace press eee dea ¥/and acquaint them with the peop! rage doing it. It admits, no doubt, tha Wins His, Audience. . ' the final verdict will be complet - Tk was difficult for Secretary end-autter vindication. Times-Herald - !Acheson to raise Senator Mc-| ___ ae ‘Carthy to the level of his public Wash. Post ‘contempt, The Secretary has re- peatediy demonstimted his cour- ree; he is a skilled advocate who can command huge fees. But he Wash. News __ is; also an intellectual who gen- / / luinely . loathes the spectacle Wash. Star 2... staged by the Senator from Wis- ‘consin and hates to play a part in it. : : He had not spoken fong before; he knew he had his audience.: Ststabi to his own astoiishment.! “330 N.Y. Mirror —
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