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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 21

91 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy · 91 pages OCR'd
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It h », (ing Rule 19, and a Reowl subcommittee, followed Ives, prin-|Pag went to the Senate clerk's tion followed to permit eipally to correct what he thought/desk where, it would appear, it ma: ‘ were misinterpretations of his po-jetay a long while. Meantime, the aid Tydings shouted sition made by Tydings in his|reports are printed and in circula-| "— . _ speech the previous day. tion. ee nt He insisted it was impossible,| Senator Jenner's excoriation of from the loyalty files the subcom-|Tydings was prompted by remarks mittee had been allowed to ex-jthe latter had made about Jenner amine, to come to any conclusions/on | Thursday. on the joyaliy of the persons; In a digression in his speech listed in McCarthy's famous “8l;on McCarthy, Tydings had assert- cases”, ed that in his votes Jenner had Senator McMahon (B., Conn.),;consistently followed the “Stalin also on the subcommittee, insisted/line.” He had voted z#gainst the: that in effect Lodge was thus|Marshal] Plan, against the Atlantic! leriticizing the work of the FBI.|Pact and against foreign military’ jLodge refused to agree. aid—all of which were also bitterly A moment later, flushed, furious|opposed by the Kremlin and the ‘and with his fist shaking, McMa-jDaily Worker. jhon upbraided Lodge for failing] Accordingly, Jenner's remarks ito Ee Ambassador-at-Large Phil-|were woven about the refrain: e ip ssup of McCarthy's charges] ‘Let's see who's following the th ee a ee ee ee eee ee eee had he ne Tedinegs ing HEU PUM ACE LAL line, LIT VE 2 ULI. He, in attempted to show that Tydings| dge asserted he had no/was a “stooge” of the Administra- doubts at all about Jessup’s loy-ition, one of its “tralned seals" and’ alty, and was delighted that per-/—in reference to Tydings’ earlier ‘sons who knew him, such as Gen-|attempt to play a recording of Mc- erals Marshall and Eisenhower,|Carthy'’s speeches on the Senate’ ‘said he was a fine American. But, floor—a “disc-jogkey.” ‘Lodge asserted, the subcommittee| It was easy toe call Tydings* hand, had not made a real investigation| Jenner said, “for these cards he is of Jessup. Therefore he, Lodge,|hiding are red with the blood of was not going to pretend that it; treachery.” had, nor “clear” him in the ab-| The Administration and State gence of such an inquiry. Department for which Tydings was Senator Lehman (D., N.¥.) ob-|covering up and supporting, said served it was “somewhat ungen-|Jenner, were responsible for three: erous” of Lodge not to have said|wars in a generation, the debacle as much fn the minority reportiin the: Far East, the betrayal of he submitted. China, the mess in Korea, the At one point, Senator Magnus-jrecognition of Russia, and the at-. es sen (D., Wash.) asked Lodge: “Didjtempted destruction of Germany ue the Senator in his investigation|and Japan, “the only two powers in| find any Communists in the State/the world which have been able to Department.” stop the threatened aggression af “No, I did not,” Lodge said, and) Russia’s oriental hordes.” added further that he thought], He noted that Tydings had spon- such Communists as the depart-lsored Acheson for his first pasi-; : SUCH LOIS eS 8S Be UP pase SVs setae ment ever had’ came in 1945 and|tion in the Government. Pointing; 1946 when it absorbed severaliat the Marylander, he then: wartime agencies. Since then, he|/shouted: { 4 said, the department had made aj} “Is it not true, Senator Tydings,. . “ood approach to a good securily|that it is your father-in-law, Mr. vstem. Davies, who as our Ambassador to; There followed a long discussion,|Russia, wrote as foul a piece of; ln-ostly among the Republicans, on|pro-Soviet propaganda ever de-. oe t 2 fact that the subcommittee's|signed to corrupt the minds of the; r-port, filed the previous day,|American people?” af back from the printer with] Referring to a remark Tydings a over sheet indicating it was a|made the day before that he had ort from the full Foreign Re-|been decorated for World War I lali ons Committee, service, Jenner said ad no his, ssid Senators Smith (R., medals himself. He adde he 7 ; ASH POST” a gu 22 1980 °D g's L
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