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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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a ae Fr ls ee Mee Rad eth eee Pood arene “2 PRE oe ly peyret ate gr ede eee . 2g | F firuph ‘Hoe vial of Filet” ‘jaan ‘dhWAnoy "Will you, ‘also infoim Hoover that T shall Tt greatly elate it if he will have one of his izents “avaliable when I I ‘T address the Senate so that I may turn over r to hin” documents in the | Lattimore. case which 6 which 1 consider The “ederence wan a Owen ; ba ttiners, & Bisle depariment ultant on Far Zaet polloy, Carthy hamed Lattimore at 4 peer subcommittee seasion as a oq urprice shriouncément i “top Russian agent” and the law || MicCarthy (RK) of Wis thy evidence e jalerbuption 1 of Testimony by FBR vor _Hoover_in the Senate hi. nt State. department com dm. ; debts McGra pxamination of gt files by nr cor F fee Irthy anid he, ‘peareited be ink Ub able 14 “stents “Hoover's, fivony_ because 1 ha was.“com: nel ‘and I_inesc&pably thea. Lup gre preparation ¢ of taataria! - e TOT pe Cg ee wre me hi nr ee) i ad - ‘firm of Arnold, Fortas, and Porter ‘admitted in an open letter to Mc | Carthy that Lattimore was the man accused. ‘The Sawyers de 'manded ‘that | ‘McCarthy. retract "his chatges against Lattimore ahd threatened legal “ection. Democrats Baiked _‘The disrupted a. Democratic Plan to hoped to draw Hoover into ‘statement that evidence in FBI filea did ‘not substantiate the charges, against Lattimore. Mo- _ |Carthy had said he would “stand or fal” on the Lattimore case, But the plan Was hastily dis carded in view \of McCarthy's latest assertion that he had new Information and documents peak ™| he xpect to present_o1 She | wa Lee i a McCarthy memorandum . om dagen the Lattimore ci ore case, Chal aon himself with asking Hoove if all cases. the Justicerde lepartinent. “That 18.98 or 99 pér cent cor rect,” sald Hoover. “In a fev cases, We hold them back for the putposé of discovering other mem. the ring.” ‘trains prpounced that Lat! ary Lattimore to Be Heard AP ve ope tall ya wa to ‘have eft A dings of Mafyrata von deemed worthy of criminal prosecution were sent ta y mee he has beer stationed on a | flying back to the United States. | In w cable shown Tydings, Laqd- /Miore characterized McCapth}’s es as “pure moonshine” and predicted the Wisconsin senat(rg would “fall flat on his face” in a tempting to prove them. . ~ Lattimore is a Johns Hopkins gnjverslty professor. President D. W. Bronk of the university wrote Tydings that he had full fajth in Lattimore. - Lest night, Sen. Bridges (R> of New Hampshire took the Senate floor to charge that the ‘yvreck- age” of American foreign policy indicates there is # “master,spy” in the State department wno has been aiding the world Communist ‘movement. -— Btalin ts not superman.” Bridges. ‘He had help from with a our ranks, The investigating cort- mittee must call State Secretady Acheson who longer than ‘other man has been a key tune tionary in the State department. “Must Find Master Spy” “The committee was not set up to slap together a. quick hearing, discredit the testimony of one wit- ness, calling upor him = single: handed to perform the duty of ment of Justice. — - “We must find the master (py. the servant of Russia, who mqves the puppets, Hiss and Wadielzh, and others, in and out of office, using them and using our Sthte department as he wills. Who is he? I ask ali senators to stay cn the fob until we get that answer. Until we find him, we cannot hope to deal with Stalin on an equal basis.” ¥arlier, Bridges charged Vice President Barkley with ‘gag rule” and “thought contro:" for parila- mentary tactics in the Senate which stalled the G.OP. attac on Ach: ' rriere. were cries of matra ' from the Democratic-side of thi! afsie: Gem Kefauver (D) of Ter. MINDEXEG - : Teler Ladd Cts Giavi Niebeoli pore qn Tracy Nease | Gand) _ ;: of—— 1 pa Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Mirror
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