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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 24

61 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy · 60 pages OCR'd
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He said Esther Caukin “Bau. nauer, United States représenta- itive. to the preparatory commis-; siorf of the United Nations O- | 'nonfic, Scientific and Cultural Organization, also was on the} list MeCarthy then named thpse | others: i i Herber{,-Fierst, foreign affairs ; ‘Specialist. He said Fierst for a! period “was in constant contact j With members of ay espionage | ring.” a i Marcia Ruthyflarrison.. divi- | sional assistant, whom he de-| Scripe member at the: Young Communist League. | Rober# Ross, radio information | specialist. McCarthy said Ross j once worked for Amtorg Trading | Co,, Russian government trading | firm. Ella M stenographer. Olga V, Osnaich, clerk- typist. who, he safd, worked for the Rus. sian Embassy in Turkey for three years. Stella Gordon, correspondence and research employee. Daniel F,Afargolies, “assistant chief, Department of State.” McCarthy Said the “letters of, charges” against the State De- partment employes were based. upon mformation gathered by the Federal Bureau of Inyestiga- tion. le did not tell the Senate . how he learned about them or the charges involved. i He said he regarded them as, similar to indictments by a grand! jury, or informations filed by a. prosecuting attorney. AreCarthy said the “letters of charges” did “not mean all are guiity.” The Siate Department. defini- tion of “ietters of charges". was! this: They are letters sent to indi- viduals after the loyalty board! has decided to investigate, The worker is advised in the letter, the department said, of the nature of the charges and: |is invited to appear before the | ; board. {In some of the eases which | (McCarthy named, his own pry- vious charges are responsible f Iqvalty questions being raised i tle first instance, and also j \gier “reviews.” (McCarthy failed to point out that the State Department has previously announced that all of! its loyalty cases “cleared” since. * as a lontague, a clerk-, 1937 are now being review This is the result of the depart-' [pent s cautious interpretation of |* Review Board order to all agen- ' ies to review all “doubtful” | SOS. (Nearly 500 State Departmen. cases are presently involved 11! this reviewing process. {The department announced jin Jux_. that: f“Out of fairness to people concerned, this inview) lincluded all persons whose cases leame to the board’s attention ‘because they had been attacked iby Senator MeCariby. [“Among these caseS we those of Ambassador Philip the! —————(—. ed, | I know well” was one of the } ‘s most distinguished nul hae ‘servants ‘and said “McCarthy hati Teubjected Jessup to “shabby and dastardly treatment.” Republican leader Kerneth §. Wherry * (Neb.}, protested that | ,Lehman had violated the Senate | Tule against Making improzer rE- marks about a fellow Senator. “I move to amend my remars | lby striking out dastardly a \substituting cowardly,” Lehman ! shouted, won s oa A Jessup and John Carter Vi a cent."—Editor’s Note.] When McCarthy concluded, ! Democratic Leader Ernest W. McFarland (Ariz.), his flushed, took the Senate floor and said: “It does not behcove the dignity of this Senate to | smear any individual.” Without naming MeCarthy, the | face , k I Democratic leader said attacks upen individuals, without full evidence and proper hearings ‘tear down the dignity of the Senate.” | Senator Herbert H. (D-N.Y.}, said ;again been forced to liste | irresponsible charges.” Lehman the Senate had to He called this a “form of character ‘assassination we a}l shoul ab- n “whom 1 up “wiom 2
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