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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 21
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McCarthy Lashes at Tydings,
Calls Him Truman's ‘Lap Dog’
Senator Vows to Continue His Battle
; On Commies So Long as He’s in Office
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 6 (AP).
Sen. McCarthy (R) of Wisconsin)
renewed his Communisis-ia- "ROV.,
ernment charges teday and called
Sen. Tydings (D) of Maryland the!
Truman administration’s “whim-;
pering Jap dog.”
McCarthy also said he intends
te coltinue a “bare-Knuckle” fight
to expose Communists “as long as
I remain in the Senate.”
“Dishonest” Probe Ch harged
Tydings headed the Senate foar-;
eign relations subcommittee which
investigated McCarthy's allega-|
tions that the State department:
harbors Communists and Red sym:
pathizers,
The Democratic majority of the
subcommittee labeled the McCar-
thy charges “a fraud and a loax.”
In a speech before the Wiscon-|
sin Retail Food Dealers associa-
tion, McCarthy accused Tydings|
and Sen. McMahon (D) of Con-'
nectitzut, who alsa was on the in-
vestigating committee, of doing!
_‘a dishonest job,” and of peing|
“interested in protecting Com-/
imunists for political reasons.”
! ‘Then, in leading up to his sharp-
est crilicism of Tydings, Me-
Carthy asked: .
“Why does the Congress stand
idly by" while a group of Com-
“SUrvIvVe.”
lit hits cur shores? I
‘Munisis, fellow travelers and their]
jaupes (in the State depar tment) |
sabotage the efforts of the Amer-
ican people to hold back the’
atheistic Communist horde before}
Tydings Assailed
“The American people want 10.
know where and how was spent
the $90,000.600,000 which the!
American people gave to make|
this nation strong. If that money |
lwas wasted the American peoplei
want to know, where why and b
whom.
“AS you know, the (Senate? 4
armed services committee is 4
charged with the responsibility of!
making sure that the money:
which we appropriate for the arm-:
ing of this nation, and any other
nation, is being properly spent.
"Who do you think is the chair:
man of that committee? None
other than Millard Tydings—the,
same Tydings who headed tine
whitewash committee.
“As chairman of that commits I
tee he should be the watchdog of
the American people ... He should:
know where the $90.000,000,000 we
nt +n ghee thic ati 311.
Spent tO Mas® tis Navion Muil
tarily strong went,
“Unfortunately, the man whom |
the Administration placed in:
charge of that committee, instead |
of heing « bristling, vigilant |
watchdog !s the Administration's.
whimpering iap dog, This 1s truly
a tragic saltuation.”
McCarthy repeated his bitter
criticlsm of Secretary of State)
Acheson and said again there is
an “urgent necessity of getting
rid of him if this nation is to
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