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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 22

63 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy · 61 pages OCR'd
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? _ ; ’ 2 . Ch Ley cf J. “ vet? G ALIPPING FSM : “7 Bee oe iv a By. Ted O, Thackrey President Truman's public” the loya Senator McCarthy does not mean qufte what It seems to mean. . The files are not to,be made “public,” but are -to be made available to the Senate Judiciary subcommittee so that the committee may make public what portions of the files it chooses to make Public. - * This isa whale of a difference, ; ; * Tt will Serve Only to deepen the mystery and the hokus- pocus: atthosphere in whigh McCarthy is given a chance to makt suspicion, and slander substitu : for fact and evidence: where a half truth, or no truth at 1, ig clothed 1n the gar- ments of truth, ;° . ry irae : The only completely healthy means of cleaning out the filthy files is to make them really avatiable to the public: ‘to open these’ and FBI “loyalty” Ales completely to the public Baze, so that the public record can be made in individia] Cases, ae Pee He pes In’ many ‘tases — and at present no tne knows" how many. except that the Hst is large ~—the only thing significant in lic.Means Public | " these files ts that there has been a file made and tabbed with the name of ome citizen. , ge ‘The McCarthy Idvers this can join him in alleging that the FBI or the loyalty board has a “file” on So and So; and Bince the “fle” is secret—so Secret that the fast Person able to look into it and thus discover the charges against him if any fs the victim of the attack—the innuendo ‘stands... . -..Uf Mt_were possible t8 drag out the iness of gossip, rumor and plain unsubstantiated Suess which fils'a large. number of these files, it would be easler to’make hash of the implica- oa and edstler, also, to come to the sensible conclusicn tha we are paying out far too much tax money for hog’ washili brIb¥s to our citizens to spy on their fellow cithens and cd ; up with the wildest and most profitable bunk, ee ta rr vibe 4 | rae 7 SEP 211 950 ee ee "2D ~ an ie 1 _— e ey):
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