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ATTACH Ne on ; BURY E - COs 3, | Office Memorandum + UNITED STATES GOV EBNN ee . Foess we all 4 Boos Lack. I eve endoyedgapyr dinner, a + a Sal TAR ARD FO M NO a : . 1 M | yes a tose » eR lawn - To : 7 MR. HOOVER DATE: October al, ges nll - { Bass FESS: SAC AUERBACH PERSONAL AND Gol=a=eerP tee or at Mohr SUBJECT: JOSEPH MeCARTHY DECLASSIFIED BY_ SBE G on Me Wintei-: UNITED STATES SENATOR _ dhalzg 6) ST. Cv Wi Gandy I thought you would like to be advised that Senatod —— McCARTHY was brought to Seattle by the State of Washington P Club t: be its main spcaker.ot the annual Gridiron Club dinner, Seagtle, Oct-ber 22, 1952 lt was originally contemplated that the opposing main speaxcr would be Senator. EENTON. of Connecticut, but this did now meterisiize, and thex_finally wound up with Washington State Iemoeracic Ligutenant-Governgr VICTOR A. MEYERS. You will remember t..6t VICTOR MEYERS is € former popular dance band leader, which gloves you an idea as to the depth of the thought of the people of wWechington in Alecting their public officials. winvieocantay whe Genes that h ld be 1 g While” Mc Wes Warne a € wou e lampoone ‘my eonnection wih: this talk, yet be did not expect. the really eutstanding exhibition of _bad manners which he received. This ecrlied also ts MEYERS, who was the next speaker. Aj] in all, McCARTHY was introduced by the Master of Ceremonies, mena, ed to sec thet he was nee. ue be here, that he recognizec that was a (fan Pest” bub thas pe giidn't come, 2300 miles to be a funny man. Eo was immeci:atety boved, cat-called, whistled @t, tc a point wher iTLWEE | sbsrluve ly. “imps 2s8 ible, for him to be heard whatsoever for a perii:c of several minutes. After order was restored, he said thet me hea fo Be at another commitment very shortly, and if they wanted oo. hear envy special points he would be glad to take them up. There was an “immediate call for "How about General SHALL?" McCARTHY took-this up and merely stated that he had wri na book about it and thst. if. one single item in the book was inaccurate, there would be an immed3ate public retraction. He got no further than this when he was drowned out by boos and caétcalls again. He apparently recognized that he could not talk on this subject and so took some papers from @ briefcase and agked if they would like to hear @ coupie cf examples of supposedly jnnocent. peaple who had been chanwet with Bef é victims of McCarthyism, He gota lat of *yfetaliad opltence Cor pone twogecuncs, anc inne Cte tely theres ter the boos’ 6nd catcalis started again. He urned-and waTRe4 @way weg, undtle Ue ek A -iROe WaaRae Tens 8° 80 from the pletform, amid a solid of conf uspon. out of signt pehifid "a curtain on the SLA Age . + approximate n 23 ceased as the = chairman speared Poo order, wh : ) Reapusercé, went tc the microphone and said, REAtL™M . fat ee oo DEXED « 59 No 68 «195%