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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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TV TG te tigen wb}. © py Drew Pearson "h quiet campaign by big busi- ness to defeat the Truman Admin- istration was launched in New York the other day under the aus- pices of the Na- + a », [tional Associa- :* ition of Manu- facturers. . Chairmanned _— y Carrol E. - iFrench of Stan- ard Oil of ew Jersey, a group of big business execu- tives discussed plans for a p ropaganda drive through employe magazines and by putting slips inte employes’ , pay envelopes. | ego ~; Se Pearson FMM eae 4 Chief speaker at the closed-do meeting was Lemuel Boulwar vice president of the giant General: Electrie Corp. and former vic; chairman of the War Productio Board. Boulware announced that * |General Electric was actively cam- « |paigning for the Taft-Hartley Act, against the unions and, above all, gainst socialism. i “Roosevelt, ruman, Reuther pest nd_their ik are the avowed ene- ies of American business oe are told _his fellow executives io brief." “They consider_the Ameri- can eee cinecainen a thief, a & . cheat jand a coward. The time has come ., Fs the American bussinessman to ' {stand up and take a stand for what he believes in. “Therefore, General Flectric,” he said, Fis taking a stron strong stand aganst socialism which we regard ~ , |as & more serious mena menace than cammunism.” Boulware, who is in charge of F's labor relations, also statid ' that no union on a national level any good. Business executives were alo urged to give as much circulation as possible to “The Road Ahead,” written by bitter Roosevelt-hater John T. Fiynn. an ; ss a 7 . a, wee Tho Washington Morny-Go-Round Big Business Guns” jor Harum-Scarum Senator _ Republicans have been getting more and more embarrassed_over the an antics of harum-scerum_ Sen- ator Joe, McCarthy_ai ‘at_ Wisconsin. After claiming . 207 ...pro-Com- smiling Joe hasn't named 2 a single | ate Department official .who was a pro-Communist and made the charge stick. “The trouble with Joe is that he rushes into situations where he doesn't have the facts, just as he rushed Into his own election cam- paign in Wisconsin without re- signing from the Court of Appeals. / As a result of using the judicial, bench as a campaign forum, _the| { Bar _ Commissioners) Board _o' lodged the following serious char agains re the | Sup urt: “It Js dificult to conceive _o: iy ‘conduct upon the_part of.a pre- <{ding Judge wh a which | would _ bring udges_an ecurts Into 1 “greater dis- 2 ite and e contempt th than the ‘tne | uct of the defendant (McCa halienged in this Seeing “He, af an” officer of the Stace knowingly and willfully, place fhe a gratification of his persona), above the interests of. “the! jublic and the rights of litigants, “The defendant, by chose to defy tha rules of eth il conduct prescribed by the Contii- tifion; ihe laws of the State Bf Wisconsin, and the meinbers ot the_profe e_profession, In. “order to attain a selfish personal advantage.‘ The’ TA tification of his _ambition_ v Was defiance of tI the declared. Public nd Jawa f the State of The isconsin Supreme Court “ld t that "MeCarthi ; was gully _of the @ above _charge, but for some reason fall Taille d to disbar him. mn. Zpis 4 Tolson_“ 8 add & lege Glavin i Ni cbofh 2 i [ i Rosen_ ay Tracy Harbo - Mohr Tele. Roo Truman Nease___ ~~ Gandy caused the Irrepressib iS Fee eae at the Board _o of Bar “‘«Phelg actions _are_a isgrace. | to_every honest, decent the he State of Wisconsin and they . should Id_resign.” “(Copyright, 1950, Bell Syndicate, Ine.} ; NOT REOORDHED 75 APR 21 1950 P: Times-Herald Wash. Post ¢ Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Mirror _ Date MA fn ae
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