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wa Tol ‘a ’ ) we ” Americans Shower McCarthy : a Harve With Praise for Commie Fight Mohr Room — 50,000 Messages of Encouragement _ Pour in From All Sections of Nation (This is the first of a@ series of articles disclosing public reaction fo the fight waged by Sen. MeCarthy {R) of Wisconsin against Communists and Communist infiuence in the State department. The articles are based upon letters and telegrams deluging Me. Carthy since he began the one-man campaign.+ By JOHN FISHER ate departmeni. A randem examination. of. the eStimated 50,000 ietters, cards ang} _telegrams yeceived by ‘MeCarthyl Bince he made his charges of} Communists jn the department “reveals a spontaneous upsurge ot Dublic sentiment in his_behalf. Most of the writers had no other wish than to give McCarthy encouragement in facing tremen- dous odds. They told of prayi for him, They inquired if therp/ is anything “ordinary citize: * ean do to help. Many Contribuie Money Many, hearing that McCarthy was hard-pressed to finance his part of the investigation, and forced to cut his investigating taff, contributed money. ‘The onations aren't large, usually & ollar or two, sometimes 10. They aid they gave what they could fford to help him carry on the fight. McCarthy has acknowledged apending about $7,500 of his per-' gonal funds to date on expenses! fneurred in connection with His search for evidence to be fur nished the Senate investigative. committee, which has a staff a $25.000 for probing McCarthy's chrrees. _Althoush McCarthy has made no appeal “for help, he “has “he: Teepted the donations in the spir _in which they were given.. Following are some of the ¢x- : vs given ‘by jhe venple whe contributed. From all.swalks of life, from all section€ pf the nation. 0 e ople are standing solidly behind Se Carthy_( fsconsin in his demand for. exposure of Communists in.the eCarthy_(R). of sabled Vet Helps A disabled veteran of ‘Worl ar J, described himself as uper, sent a money order f from Liberty, Mo., saying “thi Democrats are leading us to war,” and he would have sent McCarthy more money if not so poor. ¥rom Mount Vernon, N. Yu. * “Ym a Democrat but I'm for you 100 per cent In this effort. The present Democratic leaders don't seem to realize that what's bad for the country is bad for the party. Enclosed please find check for $}0 to help in defraying the ex-| mse of this very urgent patriotic fort.” From a Chicago couple describ- g themselves as “Mr. and Mrs. Democrat” came $10 with the wisn ‘hope you have ea million more converts to your cause.” Enclosed in a United Natic: envelope, McCarthy received with the explanation “this is t best I can do at this time; repeat again in two weeks.” ankee Green Buck” “Here is a Yankee green buck lick a Communist Red buck,” clared a donor from Aberdeen, A government employe in Wash- ington sent a doilar with an un- signed letter, saying “if my name were signed, and through any rea- gon it would become known, my means of making a living would be abruptiy terminated.’ Bui the letter said: “In my opinion, you Nease Gandy f f Page rr Times-Herala “_™~ Post News ; and the few on your side of the ae aisle who have the guts to assist Wash. Star —— ‘Ce You are performing one of th } greatest services to the countr . ever performed. Keep at it! Tt 4 N.Y. Mirror —_ oo! Hiv. hs cept way past time for America (to oe ha ahh Ty freee “upr so keep the alarm ring ns i r ‘eae Date: df 79: