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Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy — Part 27

179 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Jun 7, 1950 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Sen Joseph Joe Mccarthy · 172 pages OCR'd
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ine BENG-TY’s policy to af. ford equal opportunity and treatment to all political candi dates and those speaking their behalf. This is a requ ment of the Federal Commamni- eations Commission, and @ur records are epen to inspection | by that body at any time.” + ROUGH TIME— vening Senatol Senator Mcc ee got a rough going-ower at_the Washington State. Club's annual Gridiron Dinner but so did the Democrati ctidh Lt. Gov. Vic Meyers. McCarthy, whese intreduc ee drum and bus s, told his audienre: ; “I know this is Just a funfest, « ‘November 4 will be a vote that ‘gives comfort to Communist in. jfitration in the U. S. govern.’ 1 amtya em, Joseph R. McCarthy. controversial Wisconsin Republi- Comfort To Reds, Says’ Senator McCarthy A vote for men like Adlai venson and Henry Jackson on can flatly asserted in an inter-.. Governor Stevenson and Con-. but frankly 1 didn't travel 20 , view here Thursday afternoon. | miles fo be a Turnyman hére taniahi * tanizghi.”_ His 15-minute talk. during which he defended his charges against Gen. George Marshall was interrupted frequently b ‘boos and catcalls,_ “J hope some_time_T can ‘come back and in a Serious: oment discuss — these Issuep with you,” he said, Later, he commented drily: "| had a very pleasant € at the Gridiron Dinner, gressman Jackson, the Demo-! cratic nominees for President and’ senator respectively, can not and wil not disassociate themselves! trom the Truman-Acheson “soft” policy toward Communism, Mc; Carthy declared. Certainiy, there are many good Democrats, McCarthy said, but: “you'll never gee a good and healthy Democratic Party until. the Truman crowd is kicked -out of power,” he continued. WEARY— | The McCarthy who came to Séatile Thursday was not a ram- paging, rearin , -Pontical gure. as many ne. Sub- dued, | “sbaioualy 8 weak and weary toms revert critical operation, he spoke calmly and in a lov . jow voice as he carried on on his ‘Telent- jegs fipht_a against Communists” d_ fellow-travelers. The boiling world crisis is such; that the big issue in this election! ig very simple, McCarthy said. “You can't sit this one ont on the fence,” he explained. | “You are either on our side or | en the side of Russia. If you | don't vote Eepublican, you are | ’ eondoning the nresent adminic- SRE EAE PPSStiS SAereer . don's tell-out to the Soviet.” recor’ plainiy shows, Mc’ Carthy wed, that it has been the policy of the Truman @aiministration not to dig into’ Communist infiltration in gov, mment, The most flagrant €x- ‘ample, he added, was Truman's fallure tp move for the prosecu-' tion tor Alger Hinedtutenm | larry P. Cain on the’ grounds he “has fought the Com- all the way” eee
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