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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 20
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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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