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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 20

91 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Cold War & Communism · Topic: Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy · 91 pages OCR'd
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unists’ whole pury 1° was to lure (+ ber “pro-Communist” at- Adier BI so " aati one@ mE aon u po franc organization + ive Com-! americaniam.” _“ ead . ! ‘ respectable person’ aches i. de sa Kenyon said: He sald that Mrs. Drat\Acheson,; i wife of the Secretai: df State, is eet ask Medame/e Vele i? listed by the House ‘Jn-American| sate to the last session of the U.N. Activities Committers aa a sponsor|Commission on the Status . f the Congress of American!Women) whether she thinks Do omen, an allege? Communistlothy Kenyon is pro-Communi ront, McCarthy cited her as an|She knows that I have done nothing xample of how “well-meaning” jput batile with her.” ~ | @eople are “tricked” Into lending) Yesterday's hearing found Lodge their names to Red endeavors. and Hickenlooper vigorously pro- ra v No such excuse can be made/testing the interruptions of Me-| for Miss Kenyon, he asserted, be-| Carthy by the Democrats in the: cause “her Communist activities examination-of_bix eybjbits, = =< are not only deep-rooted ey Lodge twice said it seemed’ tend back through the years.” \plim as if it were a deliberate at- “This lady has been affiliated | tempt to “rattle” and confuse Me- with at least 28 Communist front) Carty. He had never seen such organizations,” McCarthy declared. procedure, he went on, in which Nine of the 28 have been labelied|the witness was not allowed frst subversive by the Justice Depart-/to present his case. asd ment, he said, while the other 19!“Kangaroo Court” to Lodge \\‘ were so labelled by the Un-Ameri-} He suggested normal proced can Activities Committee. - |should be followed, with Senato: Miss Kenyon’s Affiliations taking turns questioning the wit- “It is inconceivable that thisiness after he had completed hts woman could coilaborate with alstatement. As it was going now, score of organizations dedicated|Lodge observed, McCarthy was be-' 1o the overthrow of our form of[ing compelied to act as though. government by foree and violence, |he Were in a “kangaroo court,” ; participate in their activities, cs But Tydings rejected the idea: her name to their nefarious pur-jof “later” examination of the evi-, poses and be ignorant of the whale dence. : So when McCarthy gave as an: sordid and un-American aspect of their work,” McCarthy said. jexhibit a clipping from the Com- He identified Miss Kenyon as be-;munist Daily Worker, showing Miss, ing also United States member on Kenyon a signer of a petition un-i the U. N. Commissions of the Eco-\der the auspices of the Veterans nomic and Social Council, with alof the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, , salary of $12,000 a year. * (McMahon stepped in. | Why use as evidence a paper; He identified her as a sponsor of the National Council of Ameri-(fatmmed for iis “genius for misrep- can-Soviet Friendship, and a mem-jresentation,” he asked. oy ber of the board of sponsors of| Tydings, meantime, began point- this organization who welcomed ing out the other names on the including former Manhat- Hewlett Johnson, the “Red Dean" |petition, inc 0 tan Borough President Stanley of Canterbury, to a Madison Square Isaacs, Atomic Scientist Harold C. | Also, McCarthy said. Miss yon was-2 sponsor of the icay, Others Treated Similarly Much the same thing happened. the Altorney General as subver-'with McCarthy's next two exhibits. | sive. He oned ,that another;accompanied by much the same. Pivevroww s4vee ore =< = jlooper. Policy Board. = __ during the hearings, of a contro- ‘Unusual Affinity’ of Jessup versial point at issue: whether he or: rs aoa t—4 £. dhew tf I : discuss at @ later point in the in-ecutive see iiauais involved oyay with which Miss Kenyon Was COM ould be needed: those of the saver es“ |State Department loyalty agency. Garden ralty. aeeen ace, Ken-|Urev and others. j Rusgian Institute, also classed by RDOnSOL was PRilun Bcein Am-|protests from Lodve and Hicken- ate D : Tydings made lHttle mention McCarthy said that he would) Would subpena files from the ex-. quiry the “unusual affinity” of I » |charges. , necessary to ge e : dozen or more other organizations of the matter. He said four sets’ rae, branded Feo Salt ed the State Department personne! | States representative on the U.N. files, the Civil Service Commission Status of Women Commission ex: gings gave. Fee ee sication pired January i this year She be. whether he would attempt toe sub- aera are - ° 1 ~jpena them or not. “partment said that though her : . ‘salary was $12,000 a year. she was! pe enoceing resume at 10:30 ‘paid only for time served at the| : x U.N. which was usually only about two weeks 2 year. | _ In New York. Miss Kenyon said yesterday that McCarthy “is using the cowardly device of sheltering behind his congressional immunity to evade the legal consequences of his action.” \ “Tam happy to be associated with
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