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STANDARD FORM NO. Bt | ' fo Office Memo, andum + oniTED STATES GOVERNMENT TO > Kr. De Me Ladd C DATE: November 19, 195¢ FROM : AL HK, Refmo ont . a Cc o i SUBJECT: SENK''CR JOSEP McCARTEY Y a R (vy Isc. ) \ . “Ny / Avie D SLX DEVIATE ; yor PURPGo 5 The Civil] Service Commission furnished the Bureau & photostatic copy of a newspaper clipping date iinec Las Vegas, Nevade, October cb, 195c, in which the author of the article stutea “thet McCarthy and one William: cMahon had fr engeged in illicit acts with each other and ther thet McCarthy wee a@ “quéer." “This same information was also received fron the McCarran Committee.. To recommend no Gissernintstion and to place the photostatic copies on record end imtoa the files. DETAILS: A representative of the McCarran Committee furnished the Burcsu_£ typed copy of an erticle in which Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin was accused of being a sex deviete. On November 12, 1952, the Civil Service Commission confidentially furnishe¢ the Bureau a Photostat of a newspaper article rated Ottoves 25, 1902, which appeared in the “Las Vegas Sun," Las Veges, Nevada, This article, witten by Bank’ reenspun, attempted to teardown the character of Senator ‘McCarthy. In this erticle’Ugeénspun stated, among other things, that Senator- MgCarthy eS Spent a night with William McMahon, formerly. an officjal of the Milwaukee County Young Republicans, ine Wausau hotel‘room, at which time McCarthy and McMahon enfay:d in 411 felt itvacts with each other. The article also stated that it Wes “common talk among homosexuals in Milwaukee that Senetor Joe McCarthy has often engaged in homosexual gctivitics. The author of this article said that McCarthy "queer" ana further that ha considered McCarthy eno ——_—— ———___--- Wat & art ner Onsidgered Mc ar bone most druscr ely. indecent, and unprincipled scoundrel to ever _ sit in the United Stetes Senate.” ; & "” attachment AU achmen ‘ my rese “2-42 ee Le : O0- 4 732 ,— 355 a3" 25 $953 pce th \ od ab al a ars YS ta